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2020-03-31T20:27:32.175Z



A repeat offender of the breach of confinement was sentenced on Tuesday in Grenoble to two months of house arrest under an electronic bracelet, a new type of sentence that will apply "after the end of confinement", we learned from the prosecution.

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This young man, barely 20 years old, was tried in immediate appearance for having violated, on four occasions, the rules of confinement decided to fight against the epidemic of coronavirus, which entered into force two weeks ago. He was sentenced to two months of house arrest under surveillance of an electronic bracelet for this crime created by the health emergency law, the sentence of which can go up to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

First conviction in Grenoble

"It will be sort of confined after confinement," summarized the AFP prosecutor in Grenoble, Eric Vaillant. If this offender was "checked again despite his appearance in court today, he will be prosecuted again and the prosecution will ask for firm imprisonment with detention," he said. It is the first time that the Grenoble judicial court has sentenced a person for the offense of repeated violation of confinement and the first time, also, that he has used the sentence of house arrest, a measure which is part of the reform of sentences. entered into force on March 24, the same day as the state of health emergency.

In Paris, a 22-year-old man was sentenced to 105 hours of community service (TIG) on Tuesday after being placed in police custody at his sixth check for breaching confinement.

Source: lefigaro

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