Anne-Françoise Piedallu, mayor of Plougrescant, in the Côtes d’Armor, filed a complaint against X, when she found that the brakes of her vehicle had been severed.
“If I had taken my vehicle, if I had hit someone, I could have injured or killed”. Anne-Françoise Piedallu, mayor of the town of Plougrescant, in the Côtes d’Armor, decided to file a complaint against X, after the sabotage of the brakes of his vehicle. At the microphone of BFMTV this Saturday, she returns to what she describes as a “shock”.
“Monday May 8, I was going as mayor, to the commemoration. In front of my house, taking my vehicle, it emerged that my brakes were no longer working at all. The mechanic called me and told me that my brakes had broken. been severed”, recalls the city councilor.
The “cut” hoses
The mayor then said to herself that “it could have been linked to the very tense climate that there is currently in the town”, before “reasoning” herself, so as not to “fall into paranoia”. “Except that the mechanic told me that the hoses were cut, that’s another story. That’s when I made the decision to file a complaint”, explains the elected official, who filed a complaint. this Tuesday.
“This is where I realize the seriousness of what happened. I really hope that the investigation will allow the person or persons responsible for these facts”, adds the mayor.
A deliberate act
In a press release published on Friday, the public prosecutor of Saint-Brieuc, Nicolas Heitz, indicated that at this stage of the investigation, “the results of the first investigations have shown that four brake hoses had been deliberately cut “.
Anne-Françoise Piedallu also clarified, according to the prosecutor, “having been the victim of a similar event previously, one of the front wheels of her vehicle having been loosened”.
This sabotage comes as many elected officials, including the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, have expressed their indignation in recent days. after the resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique), Yannick Morez, under pressure from the far right. Following this resignation, the government announced on Friday the launch of a center “for analysis and the fight against violence against elected officials” in order to improve their protection.
