Overview

• The tribunal sentenced the man to four years, with two years to be served, and ordered psychiatric treatment along with a ban on appearing in Seine-Maritime.
• He was convicted over a nocturnal series of attacks around Angerville-l'Orcher in 2025 that left five horses dead and ten others badly injured.
• Investigators tied him to the final scene through human blood traces and seized a blood-stained cutter, a massette and horse biscuits during searches.
• Two psychiatric assessments presented to the court concluded there was no abolition or alteration of discernment, undercutting the defense’s plea.
• Several owners and animal-welfare groups joined as civil parties, and demonstrators outside the courthouse called for the maximum five-year term.