The investigating judge in charge of the Claude Jean-Pierre case, a sexagenarian who died after alleged violence by police in Guadeloupe in December 2020, announced on Tuesday April 18 his "intention to carry out new acts of instruction"
,
said indicated Tuesday the prosecutor of Basse-Terre in a press release.
The announcement comes as the prosecution had requested in early February a dismissal in this case, causing a stir in Guadeloupe.
At the end of 2020, Claude Jean-Pierre, 67, had been checked by two gendarmes for "
hesitant driving
", the prosecution had indicated a few weeks later.
The man, “
alcoholic
”, had left the vehicle “
resisting
” and had found himself “
on the ground, inert
”, according to the same source.
He died a few days later at the Guadeloupe University Hospital.
A judicial investigation had been opened against X for manslaughter on December 10, 2020. On February 5, the Basse-Terre prosecutor had requested a dismissal in this case.
These requisitions aroused emotion in Guadeloupe, where images filmed by a camera in the city of Deshaies were relayed by the media.
We see the gendarmes suddenly extract Claude Jean-Pierre from his vehicle and his head hit the passenger compartment.
At the beginning of March, a demonstration in support of the family brought together a thousand people in Pointe-à-Pitre.
"
The judicial investigation opened for manslaughter against X will therefore continue under the authority
" of the examining magistrate, underlined the prosecutor Xavier Sicot.
