The facts occurred Friday afternoon in the tram in Strasbourg. A passenger in his thirties caressed the crotch of two schoolgirls aged 12 and 13 on their way home from school on the tram, reports the Latest News from Alsace. The latter then fled to the cabin of the driver who stopped the train and closed the doors until the arrival of the police.
The man was tried Monday before the criminal court in immediate appearance.
Already known to the police for touching last year, he was sentenced to seven months in prison with continued detention. In addition, being of Sudanese nationality and in an irregular situation, our colleagues specify, he will be banned from French territory at the end of his sentence for a period of five years and his name has been entered in the file of perpetrators of sexual offences.