28-year-old gets suspended term for cannabis crash in Normandy
A 28-year-old driver tested positive for cannabis after rear-ending a car and injuring its driver at Percy-en-Normandie on 2 January 2026. The Coutances court sentenced him on 10 November 2026 to six months suspended imprisonment and cancelled his driving licence.
The Coutances court in Manche tried a 28-year-old driver on 10 November 2026
over a crash committed while he was still under the influence of cannabis.[1]The crash happened at 4:30 p.m. on 2 January 2026 in a street in
Percy-en-Normandie, Manche, when vehicles slowed and a woman driver braked
sharply.[1]
The 28-year-old man following her was inattentive, braked too late and hit the
car ahead from behind.[1]The collision injured the woman driver whose car was
struck from behind.[1]After the crash the driver tested positive for the drug
in a saliva screening.[1]
He had smoked a joint on New Year’s Eve.[1]The court in Coutances sentenced
him to six months in prison with a suspended term.[1]His driving licence was
cancelled.[1]
Case data
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Prison
6 months suspended
Activity
Use
Setting
Vehicle, Street or public place
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Suspended sentence
Region
Normandy
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Open questions the AI reported
The report does not state the length or conditions of the driving-licence cancellation beyond the headline.
The severity of the injured motorist’s injuries was not given in the accessible text.
The cannabis screening result was reported only as positive, with no THC level given.
The accessible text is truncated by a paywall, so charges, fines and court reasoning beyond the sentence were not available.
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The Fontainebleau criminal court sentenced a driver to five years in prison, including two years firm, over a fatal 2021 crash at Souppes-sur-Loing in which his 20-year-old passenger died. The court heard he had drunk alcohol and smoked cannabis and was driving at 135 km/h in a 30 km/h zone.
Anti-crime police in Passamaïnty, Mayotte, broke up a drug deal on 4 November 2026 and seized 3.334 kg of cannabis and 8,495 euros in cash from a suspected stash flat; three people were arrested. Two young men were tried in Mamoudzou on 9 November and sentenced to 30 months with 12 suspended and a 15-month suspended term.
Three men aged 19 to 39 were sentenced to prison without suspension by the Limoges criminal court for trafficking with the Point H network, which police say sells cannabis, cocaine and crack across Limousin. All four suspects were arrested on 3 November; three were tried and sentenced on Monday.
