The General Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Cassation rejected the request made to it to file an "
appeal in the interest of the law
" after the acquittal at the end of April of two police officers accused of rape at 36 quai des Orfèvres, announced Thursday, June 9 the Court of Cassation to AFP.
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This very specific appeal consists in assessing the existence of a possible problem of legality in the reasons for the verdict, but is not likely to annul the decision of acquittal.
The request had been made by the plaintiff's lawyers.