Overview

• The Montauban court on October 3 convicted the retiree for fires set in 2022 and 2025 and imposed an 18‑month term with 10 months suspended and eight months to be served at home under electronic monitoring.
• Gendarmes linked her to the incidents using a GPS tracker on her car and video surveillance that matched a recurring late‑night pattern.
• According to the court, she threw two firelighters wrapped in paper from her vehicle after bingo outings, and she acknowledged responsibility for 11 incidents while prosecutors pursued 13.
• The sentence includes three years of socio‑judicial supervision with compulsory psychiatric and psychological care, and she is to leave pretrial detention and return home under the bracelet regime.
• Local reaction ranged from a warm public apology accepted by the deputy mayor to prosecutorial warnings about fire risk during regional drought, with reference to a recent Aude blaze that burned 17,000 hectares and caused one death.