in Bordeaux
On August 26, investigators from the Lesparre-Médoc research brigade arrested a 19-year-old man suspected of causing 31 fires in the Gironde during the summer. This partially confessed student, a volunteer firefighter in the town of Soulac-sur-Mer, is being prosecuted for “destruction by fire of wood, forests, bonfires, maquis or other human plantations which may cause harm to people”. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
The arrest of the arsonist caused astonishment in the department, especially since his family members are part of the fire brigade. “This situation is surprising only on the surfaceanalyzes Fabien Aubat, an expert psychiatrist at the Agen Court of Appeal and lieutenant colonel of the fire brigade. A pervert goes to great lengths to train in his area of pleasure.
According to him, pyromania is a perversion in which an individual must deal with two contradictory behaviors. On the one hand, the exhortations…
Source: Le Figaro
