Gwladys Laffitte, edited by Solène Leroux
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10:17 p.m., May 31, 2022
On Saturday evening, the impossibility of transporting spectators with tickets in time not only delayed the kick-off of the match by 36 minutes, but the scenes of chaos around the stadium also went around the world. Following these incidents, 81 people were arrested: they are mainly accused of petty theft.
Following the fiasco of the Champions League final last Saturday at the Stade de France. Six people were referred Tuesday for immediate appearances. On Saturday evening, the impossibility of transporting spectators with tickets in time not only delayed the kick-off of the match by 36 minutes, won by Real Madrid against Liverpool (1-0), but the scenes of chaos around the stadium also went around the world. Following these incidents, 81 people were arrested, and they are mainly accused of petty theft, such as theft of mobile phones.
We are very far from the profiles of those who tried to break into the Stade de France with violence. Those, more experienced, were not arrested, as is often the case during these crowd movements, including demonstrations. This Tuesday, we rather judge a usual delinquency of the evenings of major events. “It has nothing to do with sport, but with the fact that victims are there,” says the prosecutor. But that was not the purpose of their presence, say the defendants. The magistrate does not believe it.
Fourteen phones stolen by two Peruvians
She wants proof of this, for example, this express stay for the weekend only of these two Peruvians who normally live in Spain in an irregular situation. One is a flyer deliverer, the other works in a hotel in Barcelona. Fourteen phones were found in their belongings.
Another defendant, a 24-year-old homeless Algerian, also stole a supporter’s laptop at the end of the match in the metro. A usual context of Seine-Saint-Denis, summarizes a defense lawyer, far from the scenes of violence which we were able to witness on Saturday evening.