The Court of Cassation rejected on Wednesday March 23 the appeal of two young men, now 18, convicted in the case of the police officers burned in Viry-Chatillon in 2016, making final their sentences of 18 years' imprisonment for attempted of murder on officials.
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In April 2021, after a six-week appeal trial behind closed doors, the Paris Juvenile Assize Court found five of the thirteen defendants - all under the age of 18 at the time of the events - guilty of attempted murder of children. policemen.
The court was judging the facts of October 8, 2016: 16 people had attacked, some with Molotov cocktails, two police cars parked near the Grande Borne district, a vast social housing estate considered one of the most sensitive in 'Ile-de-France.
The highest French court, which examined the two appeals on February 16, considered in its decision handed down on Wednesday that the “
procedure is regular and the sentences have been legally applied
” by the Assize Court for Minors in Paris.
According to the Court's judgment, "
when violence has been exercised deliberately and simultaneously, with homicidal intent, by several defendants, during a single scene, the offense can be assessed as a whole, without it is necessary to specify the nature of the violence exerted by each of the defendants on each of the victims
”.
Furthermore, the Assize Court "
characterized the main incriminating elements, resulting from the debates, which convinced it of the guilt
of one of the young men who had appealed, specifies the decision.
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In parallel with this last resort, the defense attacked the way in which the investigation had been carried out in 2016 by the police officers of the departmental security of Essonne.
In July, a judicial investigation against X for "
forgery in public writing
", "
fraud in judgment
" and "
willful violence
", all by "
person depositary of public authority
" was opened in Créteil, after several complaints.
Since then, an expertise has been underway: it aims to transcribe and analyze the recordings of police custody in order to reveal the precise conditions.
