MP Dubois v. 2 faucheurs volontaires

Reference :

05352/01328/2018

Complaint date :

June 30, 2018

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Orléans

Plaintiffs types :

Politicians

Plaintiffs names :

Marianne Dubois

Defendants :

Individual

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Nicolas Gallon

Case nature :

Criminal court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Glyphosate, Roundup, Herbicide

Requests :

Condemn the defendants for damage to or deterioration of the property of others committed in a group held on 06/29/2018 in Pithiviers (Loiret).

Name of the Court :

Appeal Court of Orléans, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

June 29, 2021

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

Relax the 2 defendants. At the civil level, compensation of € 944 is claimed from the defendants. On appeal, the offence is reclassified as "slight degradation", which leads to its prescription.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

The MP is suing 2 Voluntary Reapers for putting up 9 posters with the slogan "GLYPHOSATE = LICENSE TO KILL - immediate ban" on the shutters of the premises of a parliamentary permanence. A white poster was glued transversely to the first posters with the words "Where were you when the vote was taking place?" The complaint alleges that these degradations were committed in a group. The hearing is scheduled for 02/21/2019. The member is asking for € 4600. On May 16, 2019, the court orders the relax of the defendants on the grounds of necessity. Nevertheless, at the civil level, the Court held that the defendants' conduct had caused damage to the plaintiff, for which compensation of € 944 is awarded. The prosecution appeals against the decision. The appeal hearing takes place on 05/17/2021. The public prosecutor proposes to reduce the facts "to a more just proportion", and asks for a suspended fine of € 300 (instead of € 500, firm, claimed in first instance). He also mentions a possible "reclassification of the offence: light degradations instead of degradations in meeting". The facts would then be prescribed. On 6/29/2021, the court reclassifies the offence as "light degradation", which leads to its prescription.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.