Two men aged 21 and 23 were sentenced Monday, November 8 to a fine of 800 euros, including 400 euros suspended, by the police court of Coutances (Manche) for having illegally climbed the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel in last february.
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The two defendants, who did not know each other, had met via the social network Instagram. They were convicted of unauthorized intrusion into a historic or cultural place, an offense punishable by a fine of up to 1,500 euros. They will also have to pay 1 symbolic euro to the association of historical monuments.
Julien, a 21-year-old roofer from Maine-et-Loire, told the audience to have "a
lot of respect for historical monuments
" and not to know that it was forbidden to climb on the scaffolding and then on the abbey. herself.
Never been to Mont-Saint-Michel before, Esteban, a 23-year-old Parisian student in computer science, explained to him that he was then very badly experiencing the confinement and loneliness of remote courses and having taken the opportunity to "
see world
”.
“
It is a very beautiful monument.
He is very well placed,
”he said at the helm.
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Saying sorry, the two young people apologized to the hearing.
They had used scaffolding to climb to the roof of the abbey, before climbing the spire.
The object of this action was to take unseen photos while a drone filmed them.
One of them had even reached the foot of the archangel which culminates at more than 150 meters high.
No degradation had been committed during their ascent.