"The family of the victims (Editor's note) is relieved by this decision, this firm sanction, which is important ... It is important for them today, to know that finally those responsible for what happened to them are sanctioned by justice.
»Explained the lawyer for the families of the victims of the driver who killed a child and seriously injured another in 2019.
Kylian Le Reste, 22, appeared free before the Lorient Criminal Court for aggravated manslaughter, unintentional injuries, driving without a license with a repeat offense and not assisting a minor in danger.
He was sentenced to six years in prison, one of which was suspended on probation for three years, accompanied by an obligation to work, to compensate the victims, to provide care, and to ban appearing in Lorient.
He was placed under a warrant of committal.
The passenger in the vehicle, Gaëlle Taugeron, 22, was sentenced for non-assistance to a 15-year-old child in danger to “one year in prison with a two-year probationary period and an obligation to work and care”
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On June 9, 2019, after a refusal to comply, Kylian Le Reste fled at very high speed, increasing the number of traffic violations.
He crashed into a car without causing any injuries, before mowing down on a sidewalk the two young cousins, Bunyamin and Samet, nine and seven years old, brushing against a third.
He runs away with his ex-partner Gaëlle Taugeron.
Wanted, he will be arrested nine days after the facts in a hotel in the suburbs of Lorient.
