The two main convicts in the trial of a "
blue night
" which had led to the degradation of several second homes in Corsica, in March 2019, went to the Bastia courthouse on Friday May 6, AFP learned from their lawyers.
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Adrien M. and Julien M., present throughout the hearing before the Paris court in early April, had been sentenced to six years in prison.
Absent at the time of deliberation on April 20, they had been the subject of an arrest warrant since that date.
Me Benjamin Genuini, counsel for Julien M., clarified his client's position to AFP: "
They were received in the premises of the Bastia public prosecutor's office and will be incarcerated in the Borgo penitentiary center (Editor's note: in the suburb of Bastia).
Their fate now depends on the prison administration, but it is already a satisfaction for them and their families to be able to be in Borgo
”.
Me Stella Canava, counsel for Adrien M, also confirmed the information, without making additional comments.
The two men had been convicted of manufacturing explosive devices, degradation in connection with a terrorist enterprise and terrorist criminal association.
The national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office had requested seven years' imprisonment against them.
Their DNA had been found at one of the four sites targeted on the night of March 9 to 10, 2019. They were then arrested in September 2019, in a vehicle where a semi-automatic weapon, a bulletproof vest had been found. stolen, a toolbox containing a soldering iron and electric wire and, on Julien M., a handwritten note, "
which very clearly gives instructions
" reminiscent
of "the making of an improvised explosive device
", had explained the prosecutor.
