At the trial of the fire on rue Erlanger in Paris, which caused the death of ten people in February 2019, a sentence of 27 years of criminal imprisonment, accompanied by 18 years of security, was requested on Wednesday against the accused. A total of ten people died in this tragedy.
A sentence of 27 years of criminal imprisonment, accompanied by 18 years of security, was requested on Wednesday against the accused at the trial of the fire on rue Erlanger in Paris, which caused the death of ten people in February 2019. Advocate General Rémi Crosson du Cormier acknowledged that the judgment of the accused, who suffers from significant psychiatric disorders, was “altered” at the time of the events. But he asked the jury not to apply the possible sentence reduction in this case, “in view of the extreme gravity of the tragedy” caused by his “voluntary, vengeful and disproportionate action”.
Ten people died in the fire
Essia Boularès, a 44-year-old woman who suffers from addictions and significant psychiatric disorders, admitted to having set fire to her building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris the night of February 4 to 5, 2019, after a dispute with a neighbor. The toxic fumes and the flames had invaded in a few minutes the eight floors of this old building at the back of the courtyard, difficult to access for the emergency services, trapping many inhabitants in their apartments.
If Essia Boularès does have “a complex personality”, her decision to set the fire is neither “a delusional gesture” nor “an impulsive gesture”, but the result of “her uncontrolled anger exacerbated by her alcoholism”, has said the Advocate General. The accused is “the sole author of this terror which killed ten people, injured nearly 100 other people and plunged so many families into pain”, he insisted.