When a police helicopter was looking for a burglar over a Toulouse suburb a young man took exception to the noise and gestured with a "doigt d'honneur" at the crew and compounded matters by dropping his trousers and mooning at the craft. Prosecuted for insulting persons in authority, the prosecution revealed that the helicopter crew had use of an ultra high resolution camera and were able to identify the felon.
The lawyer representing the aggrieved policemen said it could be regarded as funny, but when such attitudes and gestures are a daily occurrence the humour wears off. The defendant, aged 19, was sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay 300 euros compensation to the gendarmes.
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