A couple was arrested and sentenced to prison terms for braving the containment measures put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, 20 minutes learned from the national gendarmerie.
Monday, when the gendarmes wanted to control a car near Saint-Enimie, in Lozère, the driver suddenly accelerated before fleeing. The soldiers then set up several checkpoints over a radius of 90 km.
Multiplication of offenses
Spotted, the driver was finally apprehended after further refusals to comply and multiple traffic violations. The gendarmes then discovered that he did not have a license, that the car belonging to his partner by his side was not insured, that he was driving under the influence of drugs and did not have a certificate derogatory to circulate.
He was sentenced by the Mende Criminal Court to four months in prison, to which was added the revocation of a stay of eight for a previous case. He was imprisoned in the process. His partner received a four-month suspended prison sentence.
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Since the start of confinement, the gendarmes have carried out 13,000 checks in Lozère and drawn up 198 reports. Among the persons charged, several of them live in the neighboring departments, who have come to take advantage of the tranquility of the least populated department in France ...
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