About 2. 600 people participated in a rave party in Lieuron, near Rennes, on 24 December 600. – JF Monier / AFP
He ended up confessing. Placed in custody on Saturday , a man acknowledged having participated in the organization of the rave party held held on 31 December in Lieuron , south of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). The musical event had gathered about 2. 310 people eliciting a lot of distressed comments while France lives under restriction due to the takeover of the coronavirus epidemic .
In total, eight people
had been placed in police custody on Saturday after three days of celebration. Faced with investigators, the main respondent first denied the facts but ended up being betrayed by his phone. This man from 20 years would be the author of sending “an SMS to more than 1. 000 people on Thursday 24 December specifying the exact location of the rave party, ”said prosecutor Philippe Astruc. The suspect’s cell phone had also been marked on the same day in the early afternoon when the equipment was being installed.
More than 1. 600 verbalizations
Referred this Monday at the Rennes prosecutor’s office, he will be presented this afternoon to the two investigating judges seized of this investigation for a possible indictment, then to the judge of freedoms and detention who will rule on the request for provisional detention sent by the prosecutor. The event, which experienced significant media coverage, gave rise to more than 1. 190 verbalizations related to health restrictions and 310 others, in particular for drug issues. The wild party ended on Saturday morning.