He "
wanted to breathe
": an inmate from the Nancy-Maxéville prison, who was on leave to participate in a performance at the Opéra de Lorraine, escaped on Friday at the end of the show, a-t -we learned Monday from the city prosecutor's office.
"
A procedure for escape has been opened
" and the detainee is "
actively sought
", added the public prosecutor, François Pérain.
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As part of reintegration work, the young man, born in 1999, took part in a participatory show,
Le Fou d'amour,
created by the Opéra national de Lorraine, inspired
by Messager 's
Fortunio
.
For several months, weekly creative workshops have brought together CM2 students from La Fontaine school, inmates from the Nancy-Maxéville Penitentiary Center and adults from the Plateau de Haye in a production signed by director Marielle Durupt. , choreographer Laurent Diwo and musical director Nicolas Arnoult.
Ten musicians from the Orchester de l'Opéra national de Lorraine also took part in the project, which was performed in public in the large hall on Place Stanislas.
The sentence enforcement judge had granted the young detainee leave for the occasion.
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According to the daily
L'Est Républicain,
the young detainee read one of his poems on stage, then participated in the friendly drink organized after the performance, which the mayor of Nancy, Mathieu Klein, also attended.
And at the end of the show, the prisoner "
left the theater
", explaining that he "
wanted to breathe
", specified François Pérain.
He had been imprisoned since February 2019 for "
acts of theft and aggravated violence
", according to the prosecution.
He was to be released on September 1.
