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Young woman mowed down by a car: the suspect's lawyer accuses Darmanin of having spoken of "murder"

2020-07-23T15:55:48.305Z


The lawyer for the driver suspected of having fatally mown a young woman this weekend in Lyon denounced on Wednesday a political " recovery " of the case and accused the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin of having spoken of " murder " . " It is regrettable that, less than 48 hours after the facts, this affair was the object of a recovery by the extreme right on social networks, in order to ...


The lawyer for the driver suspected of having fatally mown a young woman this weekend in Lyon denounced on Wednesday a political " recovery " of the case and accused the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin of having spoken of " murder " . " It is regrettable that, less than 48 hours after the facts, this affair was the object of a recovery by the extreme right on social networks, in order to fuel a climate of hatred ", wrote Me Céline Cooper in a statement sent to AFP.

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" What level of barbarism must we reach for the French people to say stop to this enslavement of our society? How many policemen, gendarmes, bus drivers, slaughtered young girls or boys does it take? ", Tweeted Monday the president of the National Assembly, Marine Le Pen, about this case.

" It is just as regrettable that Mr. Darmanin himself let himself be influenced by these untruths yesterday in the hemicycle (of the National Assembly, editor's note), by qualifying the facts of" murder ", in ignorance of the elements in the file and in total disregard of the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, ”continues the lawyer of the suspect who is not being prosecuted for homicide. " We all hope that those responsible for this murder are obviously quickly punished and punished, " said the Minister of the Interior Tuesday in front of the deputies.

The driver of the murderous car and the indicted passenger.

During the night from Saturday to Sunday, a 23-year-old caregiver was fatally struck and dragged for a long time on the road by a car which fled.

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Its driver, aged 21, then presented himself spontaneously to the police and was indicted on Monday evening, before Mr. Darmanin spoke to the Assembly, on charges of " willful violence resulting in death and hit and run ”. Another 19-year-old, present in the car, was indicted for " failure to assist a person in danger ".

" Rather than responding to popular vindictiveness, the Minister of the Interior had to ensure his role of guarantor of social peace (...) As the Keeper of the Seals recalled:" justice does not surrender not in the street, nor on social networks, nor in the media ” , concludes Me Cooper. The Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, made these remarks Monday during his hearing before the Law Commission of the National Assembly.

Source: lefigaro

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