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Nancy. An inmate takes part in a show at the Opera and… flees after the performance

A 22-year-old prisoner, who intervened on the stage of the National Opera of Lorraine in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Friday, as part of a reintegration operation, fled after the performance tells L’Est Républicain.

The young man, participating in the show, had obtained a special release from a sentence enforcement judge for the duration of the performance. He was accompanied for the occasion by a member of a cultural association.

“Emouvant”

On stage, the young man, whose intervention was scheduled last, showed the full extent of his talent by reading one of his poems. A “moving” moment according to a spectator present at the Opera located place Stanislas.

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The prisoner was then invited to a drink organized to close this show and in which the mayor of Nancy, the socialist Mathieu Klein, participated.

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It was when leaving the scene that the young detainee took to their heels. Two organizers of the show tried to hold him back. In vain.

Available in September

The individual, imprisoned for cases of “violence resulting in less than 8 days of total incapacity for work” and “carrying a knife or incapacitating weapon”, was released in September.

According to L’Est Républicain, this is not his first “escape”: he had already been sentenced in 2020 for not having returned to prison while on semi-freedom in Reims (Marne).

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