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His relatives denounced that he was harassed and that students from the same center made fun of him and used homophobic insults.<\/p>\n
For these events, a juvenile court in \u00c9pinal (northeast) tried four teenagers, whom they found guilty of harassment, but without linking it to Lucas’s suicide.<\/p>\n
Those convicted face up to 18 months in prison –the sentence will be known on January 22, 2024–. The sentence would have been up to five years in prison if he had linked the bullying to suicide.<\/p>\n
Despite this minor sentence, Lucas’s mother expressed her “relief.” “I wanted my son to be recognized as a victim of bullying, that’s all I owed him, it’s my fight now<\/b>“, he added.<\/p>\n
The government expressed its intention to strengthen the fight against bullying as a result of this drama, which was not the only similar one since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n
On April 29, a 10-year-old boy committed suicide near Lyon (south-east), in a context of bullying, according to his parents.<\/p>\n
And on May 12, Lindsay, a 13-year-old teenager, took her own life in Vendin-le-Vieil (north). Justice charged four minors with “school bullying that led to suicide.”<\/p>\n
The issue has escalated in France to such a level that the Education Minister himself has become involved in the case that has generated many reactions.<\/p>\n
Pap Ndiaye, Minister of Education, met on Monday with the relatives of Lindsay, whose mother accused him of not being “sincere” in the fight against this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n