After his arrest earlier this week, he recognized eight fire starts since May in Hérault.
The lawyer for this volunteer firefighter and deputy mayor of Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière explains this Sunday on France bleu what led him to commit such acts.
The one who was spotted, among other things, after four successive starts of fires in the town where he exercised political functions, evokes “an addiction.
He needs to light fires, he needs to see fire.
It also allows him to have adrenaline rushes, ”in the words of his lawyer, Me Marion Barre.
She insists on the fact that this father placed in pre-trial detention does not have “the profile of a delinquent”.
"He doesn't know the prison environment at all."
“He says he is relieved that it is over”
At the same time, the respondent also said he was "shameful" and expressed his "regrets".
He also does not recognize all the facts for which he is suspected.
His counsel explains that he denies any responsibility for fires started before May.
The 36-year-old man has been freed from a burden since his arrest, according to his lawyer: "He says he is relieved that it is over because, as with all addictions, there is a point when you are aware of what we do.
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Me Marion Barre continues by confirming that “there will necessarily be a psychiatric expertise and a psychological expertise”.
She warns, however, that they may not provide all the hoped-for explanations.
In Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, where Le Parisien went, the mayor, Bernard Jahnich, who himself was a firefighter, explains that “he is someone I know well, with whom I had good relationships beyond work.
His arrest "will help to lower tensions".
Asked, a local firefighter does not want to extend.
"We don't want to talk about it.
It hurts.
We have to digest the pill, and it's hard to pass.
Another insists: “You have to remember that it's not the entire profession, it's just him.
The arsonist risks 15 years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.