Could the alleged murderer of Father Olivier Maire have been tried and deported before his release from prison?

THE QUESTION.

Should Emmanuel Abayisenga have been expelled earlier?

No, according to the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti.

The former lawyer justifies the presence of this Rwandan national on French soil despite an Obligation to leave the territory (OQTF) by the ongoing legal proceedings - since 2020, Emmanuel Abayisenga has been accused of attempting to set fire to Nantes cathedral - which obliges the accused to remain on French soil.

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Only, this is not the opinion of the former Minister of Justice, Rachida Dati, who, in a tweet of August 11, 2021, argues that the court decision could have been rendered in the year following the attempt to fire, to allow the expulsion of the Rwandan national in the aftermath.

“

The accused confessed to the arson of Nantes cathedral

.

The civil party and the damage were known.

The case could therefore have been judged within a year, before his release from prison,

”she explains.

Also, could Emmanuel Abayisenga be tried and expelled before his release from prison, as the mayor of the 7th arrondissement claims?

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Can we blame him for wanting to forgive? "

CHECKS

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For Rachida Dati, "

it was quite possible to have the accused tried before the end of his pre-trial detention

".

To do this, the investigation would have had to last less than a year - the maximum length of pre-trial detention for crimes in France.

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The case was not very

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