the three police officers sentenced to suspended prison sentences of three to twelve months for the violent arrest of the young man

Three police officers have been referred to the Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court since January 9, for intentional violence with aggravating circumstances against Théo Luhaka, seriously injured during an arrest in 2017.

It was a highly anticipated verdict, seven years after the events. On the evening of Friday January 19, the Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court sentenced the three police officers involved in the violent arrest of Théo Luhaka on February 2, 2017 in Aulnay-sous-Bois, to sentences of three to twelve months suspended prison sentence.

Seriously injured in the anal area by a telescopic defense stick, the young man, now aged 29, has irreversible after-effects. The main accused, Marc-Antoine Castelainauthor of the baton attack and tried for “intentional violence resulting in mutilation or permanent disability”, is sentenced to twelve months’ suspended imprisonment, with a ban on exercising on public roads and carrying or possessing a weapon for five years. He faced fifteen years of criminal imprisonment.

The two other police officers, who risked seven and ten years in prison for intentional violence, with the aggravating circumstances of their status as a person holding public authority, with a weapon and in a meeting, were sentenced to three months in prison. The first, Jérémie Dulin, ban on practicing the profession of police officer or a profession related to security and on carrying a weapon for two years. The second, Tony Hochart, is banned from working as a police officer on public roads and from carrying a weapon for two years.

Suspended prison sentences of three months to three years were requested.

Sentences ranging from three months to three years in prison were requested against the police officers. The attorney general had requested three years’ suspended prison sentence against Marc-Antoine Castelain, six months’ suspended prison sentence against Jérémie Dulin and three months’ suspended prison sentence against Tony Hochart.

The attorney general also wanted Marc-Antoine Castelain to no longer be able to practice on public roads for five years and that he no longer be able to carry a weapon for the same period. Against Jérémie Dulin, the attorney general also requested a ban on practicing on public roads for two years and a ban on carrying a weapon for two years.