Tension since Monday morning in downtown La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée). At around 7 a.m., a man climbed over a construction crane located rue Maréchal-Foch, a stone’s throw from the famous Place Napoléon, and refuses to come down. By this action as spectacular as it is dangerous, the 30-year-old intends to “scream loud and clear” his “innocence” and denounce an “injustice”.
On social networks, he claims to start a hunger strike and not fear death. A team from Raid was deployed to conduct negotiations. Firefighters are also on standby.
“I have nothing more to lose! »
Resident in Vendée, this former soldier challenges his conviction at first instance, in March 2021, to four years in prison, including two years, for an aggravated sexual assault committed on his ex-partner in March 2017. Sanction increased to five years in prison. prison, including four years in prison, last week by the Rennes Court of Appeal.
“I won’t get off this crane until someone listens to me!” I attached a lanyard to my neck, if I fall or if someone climbs to bring me down, I jump…”whiplash”! “, he claims in a long message posted on Facebook, during which he accuses his ex-spouse of “manipulation” and calls for the “cancellation” of his conviction. “I’ve been fighting life since I was little, it’s not a “system” that will impress me, believe me! (…) Remember that I have nothing more to lose! concluded the desperate.