In July 2021, the young man returns from a stay in Brazil. The health crisis, linked to the covid-19 epidemic, is affecting the whole world. Like the other travellers, he is placed in quarantine as soon as he returns to French soil. The measure is notified to him by the authorities. He returns home to the Fensch valley.
The police are responsible for carrying out regular rounds to control these isolated people. The subject is particularly sensitive at this time. The state of health emergency has passed by. French law condemns non-compliance with quarantine measures, judged as a fifth class contravention.
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The police are ringing the doorbell
On July 22, 2021, the police rang at the home of the Florangeois, who had arrived from Brazil. But no one answers. He will later explain that he was playing the piano and that he did not hear the sound of the doorbell. But his version will not be enough. He finds himself prosecuted before the Thionville police court almost a year later.
The 26-year-old defendant repeated his explanations at the bar, facing the magistrate, on Thursday. He maintains that the police did not call him on his phone after he rang. It was however the use during the controls, according to the police commissioner of Thionville who represents the public prosecutor during these hearings. He requires a fine of 150 euros.
The court decides and imposes a fine of 100 euros on the traveler.
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