Franck Labois had been mowed down by Farès D. on the night of January 10 to 11, 2020while the latter tried to flee at the wheel of a three-tonne van.
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Farès D., found guilty of having voluntarily mowed down police officer Franck Labois in 2020 by fleeing at the wheel of a van, was sentenced on Wednesday November 9 to 30 years in prison by the Lyon Assize Court.
In their verdict delivered after five hours of deliberation, the jurors retained the“extraordinary seriousness of this gesture” resulting, according to them, from the will of the accused “to escape an arrest at all costs”resulting in the death of the police officer from the Operational Support Group (GAO) on the night of January 10 to 11, 2020. A “indisputable homicidal intent”explained the president of the court, Antoine Molinar-Min.
In his submissions, the Advocate General, Olivier Nagabbo, had demanded life imprisonment for the 24-year-old accused, believing, like the civil parties, that there was no “no doubt” about his intention to kill. “It’s a verdict of relief”, reacted Jean-François Barre, lawyer for the Labois family. The latter and the many police officers gathered at the time of the statement welcomed the verdict with great emotion for long moments.
“The most important thing for us is the recognition of the intention to kill. Because in the end, it frees us all from this feeling of guilt. That’s what we all expected from this trial, to really put the guilt on the good side. It’s his fault”said Marianne Charret-Lassagne, head of departmental security at the time.
Both the Advocate General and the civil parties had pleaded that this intention was reflected both in the percussion, but also in “all van acceleration”. The body of the policeman had been dragged about ten meters. The accused, who had been on trial since Monday, denied any intention to kill.