Francky D., the man suspected of having fatally struck Antoine Alléno - son of multi-starred chef Yannick Alléno -, was released from prison on December 15, 2022, pending trial, Le Figaro learned from a judicial
source
. , confirming information from CNews.
After the tragedy, in May 2022, the person concerned had been indicted, in particular for “manslaughter by the driver of a land motor vehicle, aggravated by the state of manifest intoxication”, and placed in pre-trial detention.
This 25-year-old man was released and placed under judicial supervision on September 10, 2022, as part of the open judicial investigation, but remained imprisoned until December 15, 2022 due to a sentence to be served in a another case, specifies the same legal source.
At the time of his arrest last May, a police source told Le
Figaro
that this individual was the subject of a search form for a prison sentence he had not served.
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In a press release published Thursday, February 23, the "Antoine Alléno" association, a voluntary movement created by Yannick Alléno, "
shares the strong emotion aroused by the information that the author of the accident which caused the death of Antoine Alléno has been released
.
The association would like to point out "
that this release is in no way the responsibility of the judges but the direct responsibility of the French legislator
" and says it regrets "
that French law does not allow the author to be kept in pre-trial detention of the facts until the trial
”.
If he is sent back to the criminal court at the end of the judicial investigation, the suspect risks in theory 10 years of imprisonment and 150,000 euros in
Drunk suspect in stolen vehicle
The facts took place on Sunday May 8, 2022 in the evening after the theft of a luxury vehicle, an Audi RS6, in front of a Peruvian restaurant in the 7th arrondissement of the capital.
Despite a revoked driver's license, the thief, Francky D., allegedly presented a false ticket to the valet before slipping, drunk, behind the wheel and fleeing at full speed.
At the corner of Place de la Résistance and Avenue Bosquet, very close to the Alma bridge, when he was not being pursued, he hit a VTC and a scooter which were stopped at a traffic light red.
The driver of the scooter, Antoine Alléno, died on the spot.
Suffering from multiple bruises, the passenger of the scooter and the driver of the VTC had meanwhile been transported to the hospital without their vital prognosis being engaged.
Just after the shock, Francky D. had fled on foot, but was quickly arrested by an off-duty police commissioner from the Paris Metropolitan Area Security Department (DSPAP).
Placed in police custody at the premises of the Judicial Accident Treatment Service (STJA), the suspect said he did not remember the circumstances of the tragedy.
Totally drunk, with more than one gram of alcohol per liter of blood, he refused the blood alcohol test and was forcibly taken to hospital for a blood sample.
Coming from the Traveler community and residing in Bezons (Val-d'Oise), the suspect is a petty criminal already known to the police and the justice system for various cases: vehicle theft, organized gang theft, violence , possession of firearms, various traffic offenses or fraud.
