The facts took place during a demonstration against police violence, August 3, after the death of Steve Maia Caniço.

A 44-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison by the Nantes Criminal Court for injuring a commissioner. The facts took place during a demonstration in support of Steve, the young man who disappeared in June during a concert on the banks of the Loire.

42 people arrested during this event

The disappearance of Steve Maia Caniço on the evening of the Music Festival during a controversial police operation, then the discovery of his body in the Loire at the end of July, provoked a strong emotion and several demonstrations. On August 3, 1,700 people had marched in Nantes to denounce police violence and 42 had been arrested. The man sentenced Wednesday is the only one of them to have been tried in immediate court. The judgment, which had been reserved, is in accordance with the prosecution's submissions.

According to the police, the commissioner he injured was "hit on the cheek by a metal object" and "his wound required stitches". The defendant, who was released Wednesday of the court because his sentence is adaptable, also prohibited to demonstrate in Nantes for three years. He has 10 days to appeal. Her lawyer refused to speak after the judgment. The August 3 rally, to which Steve's relatives had chosen not to participate, was peppered with clashes between police and protesters.