"There is a kind of relief, it's someone who is scared, he is in a way overwhelmed," Me Chabert told reporters on Sunday. The man suspected of being behind the fire in Nantes cathedral, a 39-year-old volunteer from the diocese, confessed on Saturday. Presented to a judge, he was indicted and remanded in custody for "destruction and damage by fire".
The man "admitted, during the first appearance examination before the examining magistrate, having lit the three fires in the cathedral: on the large organ, the small organ and in an electrical panel", specified the prosecutor. of the Republic of Nantes Pierre Sennès on a daily basis. He incurs for this offense "a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of 150,000 euros," said Pierre Sennés in an email sent overnight.
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