The Paris court on Tuesday ordered the State to pay 15,000 euros in compensation to a 23-year-old young man who was blinded in 2019 by a LBD (defence bullet launcher) shot from a police officer in Mantes-la-Jolie ( Yvelines).
During urban violence in the sensitive district of Val Fourré, in October 2019, the young man, then 19 years old, had received an LBD shot in the right eye, which he has since lost the use of, while he was going home.
Accused of having participated in an ambush against the police, while claiming his innocence, he was finally released in November 2020 by the Versailles Court of Appeal after being sentenced to three years in prison at first instance. .
After a request for compensation in the amount of 30,000 euros rejected in 2022 by the direction of the judicial services, he summoned the judicial agent of the State before the judge in chambers.
The hearing, which was held in February before the Paris court, mainly revolved around the involvement of Amadou N. and his status as a "
third party
" in this operation.
The judge in chambers ruled in favor of the plaintiff: "
the status of third party of Mr. Amadou N. in the judicial police operations during which he was injured is not the subject of serious dispute
", a-t- he writes in his prescription consulted by AFP.
"
The State judicial officer does not produce any evidence to establish that Mr. Amadou N. would have participated in the clashes with the police forces during which he was injured
", he also notes.
The legal agent of the State is thus ordered to pay the young man "
provisional compensation of 15,000 euros to be credited against the final compensation for bodily injury
".
Contacted by AFP, Amadou N.'s lawyer could not be reached immediately.
