The motorist who was seriously injured by two police officers from the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), in August, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison by the court of Bobigny for "
refusal to comply
" and "
violence with a weapon
", in this case his car.
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The driver, 37, was placed under arrest warrant.
He was also ordered to pay nearly 15,000 euros in damages to three police officers, we learned on Saturday from his lawyer Me Yassine Bouzrou and the Bobigny prosecution.
Two of these police officers from the Stains BAC had been placed in police custody in August for “
attempted voluntary homicide
” and heard by the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police).
On the night of August 15 to 16, around 1:30 a.m., they opened fire on the motorist's vehicle to try to stop him, after refusing to comply, according to a source close to the investigation interviewed by AFP. .
A video from the “
Echo of the suburbs
” media, widely shared on social networks, shows them shooting eight times in the direction of the car.
The driver received several bullets in the chest, arm and pubis, while his companion and passenger, aged 39, was injured in the back, according to the prosecution.
Judicial information was opened in August for "
willful violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority
" and to allow other hearings and expertise to be carried out under the aegis of an investigating judge.
The family's lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, had "
requested a connection with the file at the instruction
", he explained to AFP.
This request "
was refused by a judge who was obviously unaware of this possibility, which I can understand because he is a civil judge who does not have the skills required in criminal matters
", he lamented.
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Me Yassine Bouzrou appealed the decision and will demand the release of his client.
He also filed a complaint against the police for "
attempted murder
" and "
forgery in public writing
", as well as a request for expatriation.
