"
Professionally, I have never presented myself as the brother of ...
", assured Monday, March 22 Alexandre Guérini before the criminal court of Marseille where he appears alongside his elder Jean-Noël, the former strong man of Bouches-du-Rhône, accused of having favored his business.
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“
I am completely independent from him.
This does not correspond to who I am
", hammered the entrepreneur in waste management questioned by the president Céline Ballerini on his nickname of"
Mr. Brother
".
Since the start of the trial last Monday, several witnesses have described the interventionism of Alexandre Guérini in public files, specifying that he had introduced himself to them as Jean-Noël's brother to impress them.
Justice suspects the former president of the General Council of having preempted land in La Ciotat and then of having sold it to the Garlaban Huveaune Sainte-Baume (GHB) agglomeration community to favor his brother who needed it to satisfy a call for tenders won with this public establishment for the management and extension of a landfill.
"
I never spoke with my brother
" of this field, assured Monday the entrepreneur.
Jean-Noël Guérini, sensitive to the requests of his younger brother
Friday, Jean-Noël Guérini had affirmed to have always separated the private interests of his brother and the general interest even if testimonies and telephone tapping showed him apparently more sensitive to the solicitations of his younger brother than he said it.
Monday, a new listening reinforced this thesis: "
I spent 10 years of my life in bullshit because behind, there was Mr. Brother who got richer
", told in 2011 a special advisor of the elected official who added: "
The two shared the chestnuts
".
"
I haven't shared anything, it's a free review
," responded the entrepreneur.
The court then looked at the operating conditions of the La Ciotat landfill by Alexandre Guérini's company.
The latter is being prosecuted for having received waste from private companies on the site, whereas he could only contractually bury public waste, with the tacit agreement of Alain Belviso, president of the GHB community tried for "
complicity in breach of trust
”.
The trial continues until April 9.