Suspended prison sentence required for mayor and his son, accused of poaching. The judgment was reserved until June 6.
A search, carried out the day after the observation at the elected official's home, uncovered "386 pieces of game in the freezer", according to the accusation. Among the seized meat, that of two ibexes, a protected species because it is threatened and whose hunting is strictly prohibited in France. One of the defendants affirmed at the hearing that the animals had been found dead "at a neighboring breeder", victims of electrocution.