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Assassination of billionaire Hélène Pastor: tried on appeal, her son-in-law cries out "conspiracy"

2021-10-18T17:28:48.311Z


Wojciech Janowski, 72, was sentenced in 2018 to life imprisonment for having ordered the assassination of his mother-in-law and his Egyptian driver.


"

I did nothing

": at the opening Monday October 18 of his appeal trial in Aix-en-Provence, the son-in-law of Hélène Pastor, sentenced at first instance to life imprisonment for having ordered the assassination of the Monegasque billionaire, shouted "

conspiracy

".

"

I'm not guilty, I'm innocent, I didn't do anything, it's a plot, a montage.

My lawyer will explain everything to you

, ”launched the unpredictable Wojciech Janowski, 72, in a gray casual jacket and crisp white hair.

See also Assassination of Hélène Pastor: ten accused before the assizes of Aix-en-Provence

Used to about-faces, the former honorary consul of Poland in Monaco returned to the spectacular twist of his former lawyer, the current Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, at the end of the first trial in 2018: “

He betrayed me. He pleaded guilty in my place,

”he explained in French with a strong Polish accent. In front of him, on the bench of civil parties, Sylvia Ratkowski-Pastor, who shared his life for 28 years and with whom he had a daughter, remained impassive, upright in her green and white gingham jacket.

In 2018, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for having ordered the assassination of his mother-in-law and his Egyptian driver Mohamed Darwish.

On May 6, 2014, the latter were fatally shot in front of a hospital in Nice where Hélène Pastor had just visited her son, Gildo, who had suffered a stroke.

For the prosecution, the motive has always been money.

Hélène Pastor was one of the biggest fortunes, heir to a real estate empire estimated at 12 billion euros.

She gave each of her children 500,000 euros per month.

"

Everything has not been said

"

Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, recovered from his stroke even if he has to move with a cane, believes that "

everything has not been said

" in this case.

He has also engaged in recent days in a family unpacking on television and in

Paris Match

, openly wondering about the "

duplicity

" of his sister with whom he has no further contact.

Read also The approximations of Hélène Pastor's private detective

"

My sister, you know, it is through her that everything goes, she is the head of the family

", declared Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, on the sidelines of the trial scheduled to last until November 19 before the court of he appeal of Bouches-du-Rhône. The possible role of Sylvia, "

it is not the subject of the trial

", swept his lawyer Me Dominique Mattei. His client was taken into police custody shortly after the incident and released without prosecution.

In the box, around the former honorary consul, his former sports coach with whom he was very close, Pascal Dauriac, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment at first instance.

"

I take responsibility for everything I have done,

" he maintained on Monday.

He is the main accuser of Wojciech Janowski, who allegedly ordered him to have the billionaire killed and to organize the theft of his bag to make believe in a heinous crime.

Read alsoThe Pastor family, a dynasty of extremely wealthy owners who shaped Monaco

At his side, took place two Marseillais of Comorian origin suspected for one of being the lookout and the second the author of the shots.

They were sentenced like their son-in-law to life imprisonment in 2018. Al-Haïr Hamadi admitted Monday to be the watchman, his lawyer, Me Jérémie Dilmi, promising on the sidelines of the hearing that "

the word would be released

" during this new trial.

Samine Saïd Ahmed, suspected shooter, did not make a statement.

Omer Lohore, a relative of the lookout, acquitted at first instance, appears free.

He always claims his innocence, assuring not to be "

a scoundrel

".

Source: lefigaro

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