A police officer was sentenced to 18 months suspended prison sentence by the Strasbourg criminal court on Tuesday for clubbing a protester of the yellow vests movement in January 2019. The sentence is accompanied by a five-year ban on the carrying of weapons .

A peacekeeper was sentenced to eighteen months in prison on simple suspended sentence by the Strasbourg Criminal Court on Tuesday for clubbing a protester "yellow vest" in January 2019.

The sentence is accompanied by a five-year ban on the carrying of weapons. The prosecution had requested twelve months suspended prison sentence.