A man born in Georgia in 1989 and suspected of having tagged around twenty swastikas on Sunday in Paris will be tried on November 18 by the Paris criminal court and was imprisoned by then, AFP learned on Wednesday (October 14). judicial source.
Tagged in red on the columns of the arcades of the rue de Rivoli, the swastikas were visible early Sunday morning in photos posted on social networks.
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The man had been arrested early Sunday morning, and an investigation for "
degradation
" had been entrusted to the reception and local investigation service (SAIP) of Paris-center.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had mentioned "
ignoble Nazi tags in the middle of Paris
".
After police custody interrupted by a visit to the psychiatric infirmary of the Prefecture of Police, the time to check his mental state, the man was referred and tried on Wednesday for immediate appearance for "
refusal of signaling
" and "
degradation of well classified
”.
But his trial was finally postponed to November 18, the man having been granted a deadline, of right, to better prepare his defense.
He was remanded in custody by then.
In a statement, the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) criticized the decision of the Paris public prosecutor's office to prosecute the suspect for "
refusal of signaling
" and "
degradation of good classification
", but "
without retaining the anti-Semitic character
" of this act.
"
This kind of decision is a disastrous symbol and a blow to the fight against anti-Semitism
", estimates the UEJF.
According to the Paris prosecutor's office, it is not legally possible to retain the aggravating circumstance of the commission of facts on the grounds of a religion insofar as these degradations would have been committed without specifically targeting buildings identified as linked to the Jewish community.