The deputy of Cher Nicolas Sansu (PCF / Nupes) was sentenced Tuesday, May 2 in Bourges to two months in prison suspended for driving while intoxicated and insulting the police, we learned this Wednesday from concordant sources .
Sanctioned by the Bourges court as part of an appearance procedure on prior recognition of guilt (CRPC), the elected communist was also deprived of a driving license for four months and sentenced to a fine of 300 euros.
“I assume the sanction”
“
It is regrettable what I did, I assume the sanction.
We will move on now
, ”reacted Nicolas Sansu to AFP on Wednesday.
The former mayor of Vierzon will also have to pay 500 euros in damages for non-pecuniary damage to each of the three outraged police officers, the lawyer for the three officials, Me Eugène Bangoura, told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily Le Berry Républicain.
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On the night of Monday February 27 to Tuesday February 28 in Vierzon, Nicolas Sansu, who was driving while intoxicated, had outraged the police during a traffic check.
In another older file, the deputy was the subject of an alternative to prosecution at the end of March for insults against two police officers committed in May 2021, when he was mayor of Vierzon.
As part of this procedure, the elected official had to pay a citizen contribution of 300 euros, in the form of a sum given to an association for the assistance of victims, and compensation of 400 euros to each of the two outraged police officers.
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