Patrick Balkany will therefore be released. The former mayor of Levallois-Perret returned to prison in February 2022 due to numerous breaches of his obligations, according to justice.
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The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the conditional release of the former mayor Les Républicains de Levallois-Perret Patrick Balkany, his lawyers told franceinfo on Thursday August 4. He will therefore be released on Friday August 4.
“This decision is irreproachable in law, because nothing in this case justifies the continued detention of a 73-year-old man who has already served two thirds of his sentence”react in a press release the lawyers Robin Binsard and Romain Dieudonné.
After having been detained for five months for tax evasion, then having been released under an electronic bracelet for health reasons in February 2020, Patrick Balkany returned to prison, in Fleury-Mérogis, in February 2022 due to numerous breaches of his obligations, according to justice.
Patrick Balkany and his wife Isabelle were found guilty of not having paid wealth tax between 2010 and 2015 and of having paid grossly undervalued income tax between 2009 and 2014.