Europe 1 with AFP 4:43 p.m., February 23, 2023
Essia Boularès, the accused in the trial of the fire on rue Erlanger in Paris, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.
This tragedy had caused the death of ten people in February 2019. After more than six hours of deliberation, the president of the assize court Franck Zientara justified this sentence by "the extreme gravity of the facts".
The Paris Assize Court sentenced Essia Boularès, 44, to 25 years in prison on Thursday for having caused the fire in a building on rue Erlanger in February 2019, causing the death of ten people.
After more than six hours of deliberation, the president of the court Franck Zientara justified this sentence by "the extreme gravity of the facts", evoking acts "not disconnected from reality", with a "voluntary" start of fire , "in the middle of the night", motivated by "anger and resentment".
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