Young campers have been fined by the gendarmerie for having pitched their tent on an islet in Guisseny, in Finistère. – National Gendarmerie
It is a small islet nestled a stone’s throw from the village of Guissény, in northern Finistère. A piece of pebble accessible at low tide where five young people saw fit to venture out to spend the night on Friday. Aged 14 to 17, they braved the curfew to pitch their tent on the small islet, under the eyes of the gendarmes. The latter did not intervene to dislodge them and bring them back to their parents, because of the rising tide. The five Robinsons were fined upon their return to shore.
The Brest company evokes “a somewhat incredible situation” to describe this unusual intervention. “This Saturday morning, it was put an end to this illegal occupation of the maritime domain by the intervention of the gendarmes accompanied by the mayor who embarked in a nautical means of the SNSM”, explain the gendarmes.
“No immediate danger”
On Friday, they had been warned of the presence of several young people on this islet located about 200 meters from the coast. The rising tide having isolated the small natural space, the gendarmes decided not to intervene. “People are not in immediate danger, the emergency services are not engaged”, explains the company.
The five minors, who said they were in confinement in Brittany and had the consent of their parents to spend the night on the islet, were fined for not having respected the curfew measures. They are also liable to incur prosecution for having illegally occupied a site in the maritime domain. “They seemed not to be aware of exposing themselves to any danger in this isolated maritime environment,” adds the gendarmerie company.