a gendarme and the niece of Gérald Darmanin in police custody for having illegally consulted confidential information

A gendarme and the niece of Gérald Darmanin were placed in police custody on Tuesday for having illegally consulted the judicial past and confidential information on relatives of the young woman, reports France Bleu Périgord, confirming information from RTL.

The young woman, who works as a security guard in a supermarket in the Isle Valley, near Périgueux, is the niece of the Minister of the Interior, the daughter of his half-sister. She is suspected of having asked her lover at the time, a gendarme, to consult files accessible only by the police, driving license file, that on the criminal record or on the procedures in progress. . The requests concern the mother of the young woman, her ex-spouse or even a colleague with whom she is in conflict.

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The young woman is also accused of having illegally worn a gendarme’s outfit in the streets of her town when she was no longer a voluntary deputy gendarme. The young woman risks a criminal sanction for having requested and obtained this information. The gendarme risks a criminal sanction and a sanction from his hierarchy. Contacted by France Bleu Périgord, the Périgueux prosecution does not comment for the moment.