A man prosecuted for having injured a police officer with a paintball in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor), in July, was sentenced this Friday to three years in prison, including 18 months suspended, we learned from judicial source.
Injured in one eye, the policeman had received a ball of paint in the face during a traffic check on the evening of July 22. He had been recognized for a total interruption of work of ten days. Actively wanted, the 25-year-old shooter surrendered himself to the police on August 3. He had been placed in police custody and referred to the prosecution, then imprisoned.
Summoned this Friday before the Saint-Brieuc Criminal Court, the defendant was declared guilty of “violence resulting in more than eight days of total incapacity for work on a person holding public authority and with the use or threat of a weapon. “, said the public prosecutor Rémy Heitz in a press release.
He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, including 18 months with a suspended probation for two years with the obligations to work, to provide care, and to compensate the victim for the damage suffered. The defendant, previously convicted of acts of “violence, outrage and rebellion”, was kept in detention.