From the start
"his fate was sealed"
: the lawyers of a police officer from the Paris anti-crime brigade (BAC) attacked on Friday an
"empty accusation",
rising against the portrait of a cop
"trafficker and corrupt »
Drawn by the floor.
The defense pleaded on the last day of the trial of six officials from the same team from the 18th arrondissement and two of their unofficial informants, who had been appearing since February 3.
The court reserved its decision until February 22.
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"We must redesign the character of Karim M., bring out another man,"
said Me Patrick Maisonneuve, who said his
"consternation"
at the eight-year prison sentence required the day before against the sergeant, the main defendant. .
"We tried in vain to demonstrate to you that he had passed to the other side 'a long time ago'",
that he was
"a delinquent turned police officer".
"There are constructions, questions, but the evidence itself, we do not have it"
, insisted Me Maisonneuve.
The 47-year-old policeman, nicknamed "Bylka" (kabyle in verlan), short hair and stocky figure in the box, is suspected of having taken out
"insurance"
to dealers, in light of having monetized his protection against cash.
An accusation that does not hold, according to the defense: the vehicles of the BAC were wiretapped for four months and
"there are only a few minutes"
where we speak of
"insurance"
.
“Not a single drug dealer came to say: 'I'm dealing with Karim M.'”,
the lawyers continued.
"Hypocrisy"
The investigations carried out in Paris or in Algeria have certainly revealed the existence of
"cash"
, tax evasion, abuse of social good, but no sign of
"massive corruption"
, they argued.
Karim M. was also appearing for having, in April 2017, trapped two men with cocaine that did not belong to them in exchange for 80,000 euros.
There too, replies the defense, no witnesses, no listening, or elements from the searches.
It is only
"on the word of Ahmad M."
, condemned for fraud,
"that the accusation is founded"
, took offense Me Maisonneuve.
"This is the gospel according to (Ahmad M.), the new bedside book of the Paris prosecutor's office
,
"
quipped Emmanuel Marsigny, the police officer's second lawyer.
“Our conviction is that his fate was sealed. Whoever wants to kill his dog accuses him of having rabies, ”
he accused.
Me Marsigny denounced the
"hypocrisy"
of the public prosecutor as to the
"policy of numbers"
in the police and the widespread use of informants, in principle not authorized at the BAC.
"It was an institutionalized practice, known only to the hierarchy, to make numbers"
, he insisted.
"These are not facts, it is Karim M. that you are asked to judge"
, concluded the lawyer by asking for the release of his client for the facts of corruption and drug trafficking.
"Honest policeman"
Earlier, the defense of the other defendants took up, sometimes making fun of it, the formula of the public prosecutor who had launched the day before:
"the turpitudes of some are not the turpitudes of others".
Aaron B. was a
“little peacekeeper
” who
“acted under the direction”
of the
“boss”
and wrote the minutes
“under dictation”
, pleaded Adrien Sorrentino.
On the two thefts of money with which he is accused, there is
"no objective element"
, only
"hypotheses"
and plaintiffs with
"inconstant statements"
, continued the lawyer.
"Naive yes you are, credulous a little, little curious for sure, badly trained certainly"
, he said, addressing the police officer, whose release he asked for.
The lawyer for Alexandre C. and Mehmet C. highlighted the
"appalling conditions"
of the April 2019 intervention on "Crack Hill", after which they are prosecuted for having falsified a PV and assaulted a suspect.
"Yes, this violence is unacceptable"
but
"they can only be understood in these contexts of major fear"
, pleaded Me Anne-Laure Compoint, asking the court's indulgence.
The day before, the prosecution had asked for sentences of twelve months suspended at eighteen farms with a definitive ban on exercising for these five police officers, as well as five years in prison and 10 months firm for the two unofficial informants of "Bylka" .