the policeman’s lawyer filed a complaint after receiving death threats

The lawyer for the policeman suspected of having killed Nahel, Laurent-Franck Liénard, filed a complaint for “death threats”, he indicated on Friday July 7 to franceinfo, confirming information from CNEWS. Laurent-Franck Liénard specializes in the defense of law enforcement and regularly defends police officers and gendarmes challenged by the courts, particularly in the context of interventions.

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A little later in the day on Friday, the national center for the fight against online hatred (PNLH) took up an investigation after death threats published in particular on Twitter targeting the police officer suspected of the murder of Nahel in Nanterre. and his lawyer, said the Paris prosecutor’s office.

The investigative chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal decided on Thursday to keep in custody the police officer who shot Nahel in Nanterre on June 27 during a roadside check. His detention in prison is “totally hopeless“for him, estimated Laurent-Franck Liénard, evoking a news”nightmarish“.

This police biker was indicted for intentional homicide and imprisoned last Thursday. Incarcerated in the prison of Health in Paris, he appeared by videoconference during the hearing of the investigating chamber where he was represented by his lawyer Laurent-Franck Liénard. The latter had appealed the detention of his client.