One of the three police officers placed in police custody is indicted at the end of his police custody on Friday April 21 and placed under judicial supervision, suspected of having struck a scooter ridden by three teenagers and having injured them in the accident last week in Paris.
One of the three police officers is indicted at the end of his police custody and placed under judicial supervision, franceinfo learned from a judicial source on Friday April 21. He is suspected of hitting a scooter ridden by three teenagers and injuring them in the accident last week in Paris. The other two police custody have been lifted. The investigations are now continuing under the direction of the investigating magistrate. Here’s what we know from the investigation.
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A chase in Paris
On April 13, shortly before midnight, in the 20th arrondissement, a scooter ridden by three minors aged 17, 14 and 13, one of whom was not wearing a helmet, was chased by a police car before falling.
The police, a woman and two men according to a source close to the investigation, “wanted to check“scooter but”the driver refused to stop“and has”took a contraflow street“, explained the police headquarters on Tuesday.
According to a 37-year-old woman, presenting herself as a witness to the facts, the police vehicle hit the two-wheeler. “I saw the scooter rise and especially the bodies ejected before falling on the pavement“, she assured this Thursday during a press conference organized by Me Arié Alimi, lawyer for the two families of the minors.
The driver, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to hospital. Friday, his vital prognosis was no longer engaged, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. His 13-year-old brother was injured in the liver and another passenger, aged 14, was hit in the knee, Me Alimi said on Thursday. The Paris prosecutor’s office entrusted the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) with an investigation into the conditions in which the scooter fell, and opened another investigation into the driver’s refusal to comply.
One of the three police officers charged
One of the three police officers placed in police custody on Thursday April 20, suspected of having hit the scooter ridden by three teenagers and having injured them in the accident last week in Paris, is indicted at the end of his custody. on sight and placed under judicial supervision, learned franceinfo from a judicial source.
The policeman was charged with “violence with weapons by person holding public authority resulting in incapacity for work of more than 8 days for two of the minors and less than 8 days for the 3rd, as well as for forgery in public writing by person holding public authority“. Placed under judicial supervision, he is prohibited from exercising police activity and from coming into contact with victims and witnesses. The two other police custody have been lifted. The investigations are now continuing under the direction of the investigating magistrate.
The three police officers present in the vehicle had been placed in police custody Thursday morning at the IGPN, the prosecution had specified to franceinfo. The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin had announced on franceinfo to have “asked the prefect of police to suspend“The Three Policemen.”In accordance with the instructions of the Minister of the Interior, a request for suspension for the three civil servants has been signed“by the prefect of police Laurent Nunez, indicated the police headquarters on Friday April 21 at franceinfo.
“I understand that the testimony of the police officers of the first day is not that of today and that they recognize actions that are not appropriate“, added Gérald Darmanin. “Testimonials here and there“seem to indicate”an intervention that does not comply with what the law and ethics allow“, continued the minister.
“The police officers first mentioned a fall of the two-wheeled vehicle, without contact with the police vehicle“, had specified the police headquarters. “Returning to this first statement, they have since specified that there had been contact between the two vehicles, without it being established at this stage that this contact resulted from a voluntary or involuntary action.“, she reported.
Complaint filed for attempted murder
During a press conference Thursday, April 20 in the afternoon, the lawyer for the families of the three minors, Me Arié Alimi, announced that he had filed a complaint against attempted assassination by a person in charge of public authority, with a weapon. by destination, on minors.
“When you chase and prepare to hit a vehicle with three minors on it, it can actually be qualified as an assassination attempt given the fact that there is premeditation.“, he said Friday on franceinfo.
The lawyer also announced on franceinfo that “complaints would be filed” For “threat“on witnesses and “intimidation aimed at preventing the investigation from being carried out“.”The witnesses were threatened with custody if one of the witnesses did not remove the videos she had taken on her mobile phone. Families were banned from going to the General Inspectorate of the National Police“, assured Arie Alimi.