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This Monday, Jean-Marie Bernard, LR president of the Hautes-Alpes departmental council, appears before the Gap correctional court to have a wolf tail to the prefect Cécile Bigot-Dekeyzer during his departure ceremony, February 21, 2020 A “political act” that he then claimed to defend the breeders, faced with canine attacks on their cattle.
Several associations for the defense of the environment had then taken justice and the investigation opened by the prosecution had resulted in December in an appearance in preliminary recognition of guilt (CRPC) that the elected official had rejected.
"Neither near nor far a poacher"
Jean-Marie Bernard will therefore be tried on Monday for detention, transport and transfer of part of a protected species, an offense punishable by three years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.
"Given the political dimension, this trial should never have taken place," said Philippe Neveu, lawyer for the elected official, whose legal costs are borne by the department, which voted in favor of its protection. functional.
It was "a wink that I wanted to make and a strong gesture: the prefects pass, the wolf remains and the breeders are still desperate," said Jean-Marie Bernard (LR) in February 2020.
According to the defense, Jean-Marie Bernard "is neither near nor far a poacher".
He would have found this tail on his mailbox a few weeks before the ceremony and would be "unable to tell if this tail is a wolf tail."
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