Illustrative photo of the urban violence of the past week in the Lyon metropolis, with here vehicles set on fire on Saturday evening in Bron.

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ROMAIN DOUCELIN / SIPA

A first sentence fell on Monday, after the three evenings of urban violence observed in the Lyon metropolis, from Thursday to Saturday.

Arrested Thursday evening in the district of La Duchère (Lyon 9th), a young man of 20 years was thus sentenced, in immediate appearance, to eight months in prison before being imprisoned.

The public prosecutor had asked earlier, two years of imprisonment, including a suspended sentence, against the defendant, tried for "aggravated violence" and "participation in a group formed for the preparation of violence".

Relaxed for this last reason, he saw his sentence accompanied by a ban on carrying a weapon for five years.

"His approach, his build and his cap led the police to recognize him formally," said the prosecutor in his indictment, for whom "the group effect and the desire to promote oneself" were able to explain the choice to participate in the riots.

"I wanted to do my investigation, that's all"

Throughout the hearing, the defendant disputed his involvement in the clashes that had opposed young people and the police that evening, accused by residents of the neighborhood of having been involved in the serious scooter accident of a 13-year-old the previous day.

During the clashes, six vehicles were set on fire.

“I saw that it caught fire.

I wanted to do my investigation, that's all, ”the young man said Monday in his box, claiming that he was then trying to find out who had just set fire to his brother's scooter in a neighborhood parking lot.

“It was horrifying what happened.

At no time did I mix with them, ”he said, speaking of troublemakers and stressing that his brother was then a refugee in his school, located near the violence.

"He learned his text well, but it is not credible for a second," pleaded the lawyer for two police officers who were civil parties.

21 people arrested in the various overflows

According to the latter, the young man, identifiable with his pink cap, the visor worn on the side, among about thirty individuals dressed in black, was indeed seen throwing projectiles towards the police.

"No pink cap has appeared in the video images paid to the procedure," replied the counsel for the defendant.

The young man, known to the courts for degradation in 2015, "must not bear alone the weight of the collective responsibility for the riots in the Duchère", he added, asking for his release.

In total, 21 people, the majority of whom were minors, were arrested in the various outbursts that took place last week around Lyon.

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