Up to three and a half years in prison were requested Monday before the criminal court against three men suspected of assaulting Brigitte Macron's great-nephew. Jean-Baptiste Trogneux was attacked in front of his chocolate factory in Amiens on the sidelines of an undeclared demonstration against the pension reform.

Only Florian, an illiterate man already convicted of rape and sexual assault, admitted to having given "a slap" to the victim to defend "the friends" The other two, the oldest of whom is under curatorship, admit to having put garbage cans in front the sign but have denied having inflicted blows.