Frenchman imprisoned for three years for insulting police

A 19-year-old citizen of France has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment for insulting police officers in the Internet. The Frenchmen has published an angry post at his Facebook page, where he insulted traffic policemen who fined him for drunk driving. Moreover, he threatened the policemen with reprisal, states ВВС. The court considered his non-coming to the final trial as an aggravating circumstance. His mother explained he had overslept and forgot to come to the trial.

Apart from imprisonment, the young Frenchman is to pay 1,2 thousand Euro as a fine.