The man arrested after lighting his cigarette with the flame of the unknown soldier sentenced to three months in prison suspended – Liberation

When he leaned over this flame. Therefore, he did not know exactly what this place he was on which he was. Furthermore, He was only aware of “Its memorial importance”. Therefore, But. Moreover, taken “An urgent desire to smoke”, because he “Smoke a lot, yes a lot”and since all the passers -by he met on his way replied that he had no lighter, he acted “mechanically”. “It is only when I was called upon that I understood that I was on the grave of the unknown soldier. Similarly, and that it is a healthy place, that we must not dirty”, Tells Hakim H., a defeat mine, at the Paris court this Friday, August 8, as part of his immediate appearance.

The 47 -year -old man. Similarly, who had lit his cigarette on Monday 4 man arrested after lighting his August with the help of the famous brazier installed on the grave of the unknown soldier in Paris compared for “Burning of burial, tomb, cineraire urn or monument built in memory of the dead”. As such, it faces up to a year in imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. For example,

This gesture that the defendant qualifies himself as “Something ignoble”. Meanwhile, the “Stupid of the century”, took place a few kilometers from the court, at the end of the avenue des Champs-Elysées, under the vaults of the Arc de Triomphe. For example, The facts, filmed by a tourist, quickly became viral on social networks earlier this week. Consequently, We saw the forties. Therefore, bottle in hand and cigarette at the corner of the mouth, cross the barriers surrounding the tomb of the unknown soldier then walk on the burial, squat and use man arrested after lighting his the crackling flame of memory as a lighter. Nevertheless, All under the looks of tourists. In addition, and having visibly escaped the surveillance of the specialized service of the national police permanently present on the scene. The man then left as he had come. very at ease, when I trampled on the granite slab where we can read: “Here rests a French soldier who died for the fatherland.”

A report to justice had been issued by the prefect of police as well as by the Minister Delegate in charge of memory. veterans, Patricia Mirallès. This is a “Insults to our dead, our history, our nation”, had she denounced on x. Bruno Retailleau had announced that he wanted to withdraw the residence permit from this Moroccan national who was running. until October 2025. A request that was not mentioned in court this Friday.

Arrested the day after the facts. the defendant – known to police services for car, degradation or even public insult – had recognized the facts during his police custody. This Friday, in court, Hakim H., again admits that he did “Anything”. “I would never have, never, must never approach this plaque. I bit it bitterly. with all French people, all soldiers ”, Let go of this father from a family of four children who arrived in France in 1987. He failed to finish his sentence, and bursts into a boked. The site driver. who lives in Seine-Maritime on weekends and works in Paris during the week-sleeping then “Everywhere where he can” – s’excuse ensuite “A thousand times with everyone, soldiers, justice”.

Before the court. the president indicates that the psychological expertise carried out after the facts revealed a “Polyaddiction, an alcohol addiction, ADHD [troubles du déficit man arrested after lighting his de l’attention, ndlr], as well as bipolar mood disorders ”. Still according to this expertise, the facts committed by Hakim H. “Are part of these disorders”. Since the respondent “Was in a state of alteration of discernment at the time of the facts”, underlines the president. A urinary test will also note that it was positive for methadone. a drug used in the context of a bipolar treatment, at the time of this cigarette ignition which went around social networks.

The prosecutor judges that the consumption of these psychotropics “Cannot lessen the lucidity” of the defendant. “He takes medication, but he doesn’t take them to lessen his illness, which is very real.” And the magistrate to mock: “Even if a Martian landed tomorrow in Paris. he saw a bronze shield and a flame surrounded by people who come to see him, one cannot ignore that there man arrested after lighting his is a sacred character.”

The sacred, Hakim H. now only sees that. In his last words addressed to the court. the man repeats in loop the words of «regrets», «d’excuses» and “Bullshit”. He adds that he likes to watch the July 14 parade on television. Of “Foundation of his heart”, He apologizes. But the prison, “This is not what will settle [son] issue”. This Friday evening, he was sentenced to three months in prison sentence probationary of eighteen months. He must also pay 1 symbolic euro in the center of the national monuments. which had been civil party and had filed a complaint. The prosecutor had thus initially required a sentence of one year of imprisonment. including ten months suspended probationary, with a warrant.