SHOTSHOT The respondent was intoxicated at the time of the fatal shooting
The 40-year-old will be able to serve his prison sentence under an electronic bracelet. Illustrative photo. — Vincent Wartner/20 Minutes
The court in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) found a 46-year-old man guilty of manslaughter on Monday. He was charged; to have fired on one of his elderly hunting companions; 59 years old at the time of the events, which took place on November 23, 2019. condemned to thirty months in prison, 14 of which were suspended; indicates L’L’Ardennais.
The 40-year-old has the possibility of to serve his prison sentence under an electronic bracelet since no warrant of committal has been issued. pronounced to against him. As requested by the prosecutor, the shooter also saw his hunting license withdrawn permanently.
The respondent was in a state of illness. ;briety; advanced at the moment of the fatal shot; had shown the investigation. During a hunting party organized at Viel-Saint-Rémy, near Rethel (Ardennes), he had fired in the direction of another participant, who was also his friend. Touched to the abdomen, the victim had found death on the spot.