The police officer responsible for the fatal shooting in Sevran was indicted for “intentional violence resulting in death without intention to give it, by a person holding public authority and with a weapon” and placed under judicial supervision this Saturday.
In a press release dated April 2, the Bobigny prosecutor announced that after “an adversarial debate, the judge of freedoms and detention finally placed the police officer under judicial control”.
The magistrates in charge of the investigation had initially “seized the judge of freedoms and detention” with a view to placement in pre-trial detention.
This judicial control includes several obligations, in particular the prohibition to leave the limits of the metropolitan national territory, the prohibition to hold or carry a weapon as well as to enter into contact with the witnesses of the file and the family of the victim, specifies the press release. of the prosecutor of Bobigny.
The charges against the 32-year-old policeman, assigned to the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of Aulnay-sous-Bois, can result in a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The police custody of the official, author of the shooting which killed a 33-year-old man during a check in Sevran, had been extended Thursday, March 31.
The police officer had been placed in police custody the day before by the services of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN). His hearing had been delayed due to his hospitalization while he was “in shock”. The agent was heard Wednesday by the “police of police” shortly after 2 p.m.
Clashes have multiplied in Sevran
Four days after the events, the nights were eventful in the municipalities of Sevran, Aulnay-sous-Bois as well as Tremblay. Several individuals expressed their anger in particular by burning vehicles.
During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, thirteen garbage containers were set on fire in the municipalities of Sevran, Tremblay-en-France, Villepinte, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Bondy as well as Noisy-le-Grand. Two vehicles were also set on fire, but no arrests were made.
According to his press release, the public prosecutor of Bobigny confirms that the police officer fired only once. The truck driver died a few hours later of his injuries, caused by the shooting. Information confirmed yesterday by the autopsy of the body of the driver.
A “white march” will be held tomorrow morning, Saturday, in memory of the victim named Jean-Paul, departing from Aulnay-sous-Bois.