ツール事故、原因の観客に罰金１５万円　仏

【ブレストＡＦＰ＝時事】今年のツール・ド・フランスで、数十人の選手が負傷した大会史上最悪規模のクラッシュを引き起こした観客のフランス人の女（３１）に対し、仏西部ブレストの裁判所は９日、罰金１２００ユーロ（約１５万円）を言い渡した。（写真はツール・ド・フランス第１ステージで起こったクラッシュで負傷した選手ら）
　被告はさらに、私訴原告の立場で当事者として裁判に参加した仏自転車選手協会（ＵＮＣＰ）に対し、１ユーロ（約１３０円）の形式的賠償金を支払うよう命じられた。
　裁判で検察側は、人命を危険にさらした罪や、過失傷害の罪で、執行猶予付き禁錮４月を求刑。一方で、被告が自分の行為について「いかに危険だったか」を認識し、反省の意を表明していることも認めていた。
　被告に前科はなく、公判では自分の「愚かさ」を恥じていると陳述していた。
　事故は６月２６日のツール・ド・フランス初日に発生した。被告が手に持ったプラカードをテレビカメラに映そうと、狭い道を疾走する選手たちの前に身を乗り出したところ、選手の一人と接触。選手は転倒し、数十人の後続選手が巻き込まれた。
　被告は事故後、インターネット上で相次ぐ中傷を受けており、身元は公表されていない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/12/10-09:07）

The spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in Tour de France history was on Thursday fined for the incident at this year's event in which dozens of riders were injured.
A court in Brest, western France, ordered the 31-year old French woman, whose identity was withheld after she was targeted by a torrent of online abuse, to pay a fine of 1,200 euros ($1,350).
She was also told to pay one symbolic euro to the French professional cyclists association UNCP which was a plaintiff at the trial.
Prosecutors had asked for a four-month suspended jail term on the charges of endangering lives and causing unintentional injuries.
Prosecutor Solenn Briand acknowledged that she recognised how dangerous her conduct had been and had expressed regret.
She herself told the court that she felt ashamed at her stupidity.
The woman, who has no criminal record, had attended the opening Tour stage on June 26 with the goal of getting a sign noticed by TV cameras.
It read Allez, Opi-Omi, the German terms for grandpa and granny, a nod to her German-speaking grandparents who are fans of the race.
But she stepped out too far in front of the tightly packed peloton as it sped along a narrow road toward the finish in Landerneau in western France.
German rider Tony Martin was unable to avoid bumping into her and fell, forcing dozens of riders to crash while others swerved into the crowds of onlookers.
Video footage of the collision and scenes of medics tending stunned or grimacing victims sparked outrage among fans and race organisers, especially when they realised the woman had fled the scene instead of staying to help.
She remained in hiding for four days before turning herself in to police.
Several riders had to pull out of the race, including Spain's Marc Soler, who broke both arms.
The woman's lawyer, Julien Bradmetz, said his client had a fragile personality for many years.
Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour, adopted a conciliatory stance.
She did something daft, she's no terrorist. We just want people to take care when they come to the Tour and remember they are there to see the champions and not to get on television, he told reporters in October.