Overview
- The tribunal correctionnel de Saverne convicted eight activists and set fines at €400 each with no entry on their criminal records.
- Judges reclassified the case as minor damage, citing no impact on use of the bridge, limited cleanup costs, and no proven public-order disturbance.
- Prosecutors had sought three months’ suspended prison and €500 fines under an organized-damage charge before the court reduced the qualification.
- The court reported procedural irregularities that led to the annulment of the police custody placements, though the case proceeded on the merits.
- The November 2025 tag reading “Stocamine contamine” on a Dorlisheim bridge targeted a June 2025 decision to permanently confine 42,000 tonnes of toxic waste, and the defense says custody lasted about 55 hours.