In January, the 52-year-old had filmed live on Facebook a gathering of "yellow vests". He had directed the frame of his phone towards the buttocks of a policewoman.
A "yellow vest" pursued for filming live the buttocks of a policewoman in Lille was relaxed Friday for these facts but was however sentenced to one month in prison suspended for contempt, said his lawyer.
On January 22, the 52-year-old father of five went to the police station in Lille with other people to support "yellow vests" in police custody. He was filming the rally when a policewoman came out to talk with them. On the 12-minute video broadcast live on a Facebook page of the movement, the defendant had launched "nique police" by directing the frame of the mobile phone to the buttocks of the policewoman.
Sentenced to compensate the policewoman for contempt for 300 euros. This sentence earned him to be sentenced to one month in prison suspended for contempt, said his lawyer, Ms. Muriel Ruef, indicating that she was going to appeal this decision. "We argued that this was an insult and not an outrage," she said. Her client was also ordered to compensate the policewoman for the contempt, paying 300 euros in damages and 500 euros for her legal fees.
Four months of suspended imprisonment had been required. The public prosecutor's office had required four months of suspended imprisonment for "breach of privacy for the transmission of the image of a person of a sexual nature" and "contempt of a person with public authority" . At the trial, the accused had said "really regret". "I did not want to hurt this policewoman," he said.