The explanations given by the mayor of Barcarès obviously did not convince the Judge of Liberties and Detention, since the latter decided to revoke this Friday, January 28 the judicial review of Alain Ferrand, at the request of the investigating judge. and parquet. Information which was confirmed to us by his master lawyer Nguyen Phung. As a result of this decision, Alain Ferrand is kept in pre-trial detention to the Aix-Luynes penitentiary center where he was transferred.
Non-suspensive appeal
His lawyer will appeal on Monday to the investigating chamber of Aix en Provence to request the cancellation of the arrest warrant as well as that of the warrant of committal. The request not being suspensive, Alain Ferrand will therefore remain in prison while waiting for the Justice to rule on his appeal, which should be examined within fifteen days.
Indicted in particular for “organized extortion, concussion and complicity in the destruction of evidence” As part of an investigation into illegal taxes that would have been imposed on managers of campsites in Barcarès, Alain Ferrand was arrested and then imprisoned on Tuesday January 25 for non-compliance with his judicial control. Indeed, the elected official was regularly seen in the department outside of Tuesday and Friday between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., the only days when he was authorized to go to the Pyrénées Orientales.
He was therefore brought this Friday before an investigating judge of the specialized interregional jurisdiction of Marseille, before being presented to a judge of freedoms, who therefore decided to revocation of his judicial review.
If the appeals filed by Alain Ferrand’s lawyer were to be rejected, the latter should therefore remain in prison for the duration of the judicial investigation, which could continue for several more months and lead to a possible trial.