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Paris.- An unaccredited member of the Olympic team canadian He was sentenced this Wednesday to eight months in prisonbut without imprisonment, after being caught red-handed spying with a drone on the women's football team of New Zealand.
The 43-year-old was arrested last Monday after police officers were guarding the stadium Auguste Dury from the city of Saint Stephen (East) were alerted to the presence of a drone hovering on the playing field, the local network station reported. France Bleu.
The prosecutor of Saint Etienne, David Charmatzexplained that the examination of the drone showed that in addition to recording the New Zealanders on Monday, he had also done so two days earlier at another stadium in the region. The sentence also includes the confiscation of the drone.
The convicted person is a technical analyst, a member of the Canadian team but without official accreditation for the Paris Olympic Games.
He Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said in a statement that the convict, Joseph Lombardi“will be sent immediately to Canada“as the team's assistant coach, Jasmine Mandrefor whom the first worked.
In addition, the head coach, Bev Priestmandecided to withdraw from the match against New Zealandwhich will be played this Thursday, and the staff of Football Canada “will have to follow mandatory ethics training” added the COC.
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