From five to seven years in prison were required Thursday, September 23 in Versailles against four young men, tried for one night of urban violence and the fire of a circus school in 2019 in Chanteloup-les-Vignes (Yvelines).
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The public prosecutor, Nathalie Ienny, called for "
the greatest firmness
", highlighting the violence against the
police
.
Events, which according to her, are akin to "
an attempt to appropriate the territory by part of the inhabitants
" and "
an attack on the Republic and order
".
The magistrate also asked for a five-year ban on stay in Chanteloup-les-Vignes for the four young men, now aged 20 to 25.
"
I'm not asking you to make examples of it, but the defendants who are there are there for good reasons,
" she said.
Defense response
“The
less evidence the parquet has, the more the parquet behaves like a steamroller
,” launched Me Isabelle Felenbok, pleading the release for his client Ylliass, 25 years old. She claimed that no "
element of guilt
" could be presented against him.
The DNA of the young man had been found on a can of beer which would have served as a Molotov cocktail, as well as on projectiles, according to the elements of the investigation mentioned at the hearing.
But the lawyer disputed in particular the place of discovery and the method of conservation of the latter, the DNA being able to be volatile, she said.
"
We do not condemn on hypotheses
", also pleaded Bianca Ray, for another defendant whose release she asked for, Sara, 23, that "
nothing allows to link to these riots
", she said .
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On November 2, 2019, the
police
had been attacked "
by about thirty young people
", according to the story Wednesday of one of the police officers at the trial, evoking "
a guerrilla scene
". They had suffered jets of projectiles and mortar fire until 11:00 p.m. in the Noé district, in Chanteloup-les-Vignes, about thirty kilometers west of Paris. On the same evening, an arson attack devastated the circus school belonging to the Compagnie des opposires, an association established for nearly 30 years in Chanteloup-les-Vignes.
The four defendants present at the hearing, including two currently in pre-trial detention, all denied having been involved in the fire in the marquee.
At the time, the affair provoked strong political reactions.
Three ministers had visited the place, and the then Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, had spoken of "
criminal acts
" caused by a "
small band of fools and irresponsible
".
