Coralie Larroquet had it already said about scooters in 2021. At the time, two hypotheses were allowed to explain his son’s accident: drug use or dangerous driving. She repeats it a little over a year later, with another objective but with as much force. “I’m not looking for a culprit, I’m just looking for prevention. »
“They were 16…”
At the end of the line, Coralie Larroquet explains that she initiated this approach against Lidl very quickly after the accident. A bottle of vodka had been discovered in her son’s backpack. The two teenagers had bought two of them, at Lidl. “This one was full. The only thing that had been spared… As soon as I found out I said to myself that we couldn’t let this go. They were 16 years old. We were in the middle of the afternoon. They were going to the beach,” she still suffers.
As soon as I found out I thought we couldn’t let this go
The trial for manslaughter of the teenager who came to hit his friend on May 8, 2021 allowed the month of May to learn a lot. First that Kilian was wearing his helmet well, then that he had not taken narcotics, and finally that his own conduct was not in question. He had, however, been drinking. A low, non-criminal blood alcohol level according to the analyses. “He was wrong and we paid a high price for it”, eludes Coralie Larroquet.
” Not normal ! »
Informed since the spring that the public prosecutor of Bayonne would prosecute Lidl for this prohibited sale of alcohol to minors, she explains that she “saw since on television that 60% of stores would sell alcohol to minors”. “Whether it’s Lidl or any brand, I don’t care. I’m just saying it’s not normal! “, she sanctions, hoping for” an awareness “.
The pain is all the more acute as this mother, who raised two children alone, went to great lengths to prevent her adolescent son from making mistakes, at an age where temptations are numerous. “I did my best. Kilian wasn’t even allowed to go out at night. But as a parent you can’t lock them in all day either, ”she says.
It’s all too easy. If we are silent, it continues
“It’s all too easy. If we are silent, it continues, ”she continues about the sale of alcohol to minors. “I won’t make any money and it won’t bring my son back to me. But what is important to me is that Kilian’s little brother, who is now 11, sees that when you break a rule, well, you are punished, ”concludes the inconsolable mother.