Images of his gesture went around the country.
A woman was sentenced on appeal to a one-year suspended prison sentence for attacking a Paris firefighter during the May 1, 2022 parade, a reduced sentence compared to that handed down at first instance, we learned. Friday from a source close to the matter.
The forty-year-old was acquitted on March 8 by the Paris Court of Appeal of three of the five offenses for which she was being prosecuted, said her lawyer David Libeskind.
“She welcomes this reasonable decision,” he said.
700 euros in damages
On June 1, 2022, she was tried in her absence by the criminal court and sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment, with a one-year ban on demonstrating.
She appealed, which suspended these sanctions.
In the videos made during the May 1 demonstration and broadcast on social networks, we saw her, orange helmet on her head, trying to snatch the fire hose from a firefighter who was putting out a fire started by demonstrators.
After several unsuccessful attempts, she struck him twice on the helmet before being pushed aside.
An hour later, she was arrested.
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May 1: images of a firefighter attacked by a protester
Present at the appeal trial, she claimed to have wanted, as a former caregiver, to cross to treat an injured person and the firefighter, being in front, had not wanted to let her pass, according to her lawyer.
The 700 euros in damages for moral injury awarded to the firefighter were confirmed on appeal.