He notably threatened to “juggle with his skull”.
A 26-year-old man was sentenced Monday by the Valence court to 14 months in prison, six of which were suspended, for having made death threats on social networks against the mayor of Romans-sur-Isère ( Drôme), Marie-Hélène Thoraval.
The sentence is accompanied by an obligation to work and care, as well as damages, according to France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
18 months in prison, four of which were suspended, were initially requested against him by the Valencia prosecutor.
Marie-Hélène Thoraval had suffered a wave of harassment after the death in Crépol of Thomas, killed in November during a brawl with young people from the Monnaie district, a working-class district of Romans-sur-Isère.
After the tragedy, the councilor denounced a “handful of young people (who) want to make the Monnaie district a lawless zone”.
She had also pleaded in vain for the racist nature of the murder to be upheld.
A man already sentenced in December
The man convicted on Monday was arrested in December in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis).
The police were traced to him using the email address provided on the Instagram account from which the threats had been made.
This email address was linked to a telephone number, itself linked to the bank card of the suspect's mother.
He was to be tried in immediate appearance shortly after his arrest, but his trial was ultimately postponed.
He was already known to the police for acts of violence and drugs, as a police source told us.
He also presents psychological problems, according to his lawyer.
A thirty-year-old from Marseille was sentenced at the beginning of December to eight months in prison for malicious calls to the town hall of Romans-sur-Isère.