Prosecuted for 27 offenses, including provocations to commit crimes or threats against politicians or a journalist, the former "yellow vest" Christophe Chalençon was sentenced on Wednesday to eight months in prison and incarcerated.
Hélène Mourges, the public prosecutor of Carpentras (Vaucluse), where the blacksmith appeared, had requested against him "
no less than two years in prison
", she told AFP on Thursday, confirming information published in particular by La Provence and France Bleu Vaucluse.
Multiple provocations
The former figure of the "
yellow vests
" of Vaucluse, who had led a list in the European elections, was prosecuted in particular for provocation to arm himself, provocation to commit crimes, public insults on the grounds of race or ethnicity, threats materialized by writings, aggravated threats.
Among the targets of his repeated threats and broadcast on video on the internet, President Emmanuel Macron, the current government spokesman Olivier Véran, ex-Minister of Health, the economist Jacques Attali, and even a journalist from the daily La Provence.
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Christophe Chalençon, who defended himself alone before the criminal court on Wednesday, had already been sentenced to six months in prison suspended for "
provocation to arm himself against the authority of the State
" in April 2021.
