Two women face court after Nice riots; one acquitted, one under supervision

Two young women appeared in court Monday following the October 17 riots in Nice, with one acquitted and the other placed under judicial supervision pending trial. They were among 22 detainees processed through immediate appearance procedures. The first defendant, arrested inside a ransacked phone store, denied attempting to steal a phone case, claiming she entered out of curiosity. Despite prosecutors requesting a six-month suspended sentence, the tribunal acquitted her due to reasonable doubt, though the judge warned she narrowly escaped conviction. The second defendant, a 21-year-old woman with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was found with four bags of clothing from Foot Locker. Her mental health conditions and guardianship status influenced the court's decision to grant her request for more preparation time and impose judicial supervision rather than pretrial detention.