The criminal court in Saint-Nazaire (tribunal correctionnel) gave a detainee three extra months in prison on 13 October 2026.[1] The detainee was 37 and had six convictions on his record.[1] The offence was riding a scooter under the influence of cannabis.[1] He had contested the facts before admitting them.[1] He appeared by videoconference from custody.[1] He was two years into a three-year sentence.[1]

Gendarmes stopped him at 15:45 on 28 May 2024 in Montoir-de-Bretagne and found him positive for drugs at the handlebars of a borrowed scooter.[1] He told the court he was coming home from work and had stopped smoking some time earlier.[1] Asked why he was in prison, he replied that he no longer really knew.[1]

Sentence reductions had brought his release within about three months.[1] He had said he would be free in January 2027, and the extra three months should end that.[1] He lowered his head when he heard the sentence and, when it was over, asked: “C’est bon, on a fini ?”[1]