France takes action against radio amateur

The court of Versailles (Yvelines) sentenced a 65-year-old resident of La Falaise to a one-year suspended prison sentence, Monday, March 28, 2022. The Radio amateur had transmitted insulting, threatening and homophobic remarks

A translation of the Ouest France story reads:

A 65-year-old resident of La Falaise (Yvelines) was sentenced by the court of Versailles, Monday, March 28, 2022. This radio amateur has been targeted by several complaints from all over France for remarks he made on the air, reports 78 Actu.
https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/la-falaise_78230/yvelines-injures-propos-homophobes-et-menaces-le-radioamateur-interdit-d-emettre_49749824.html

For several months, the defendant had made insulting remarks, including homophobic, explains the news site. The sexagenarian had also announced the false death of a man on Facebook. “People who knew me had even called the town hall where I live to find out when my funeral was,” the victim told our colleagues.

The man, who had not taken care to hide his callsign, had been easily identified. He had been arrested for the first time by the gendarmes in December 2020, says the local media. His broadcast material, which was not declared, had been seized.

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