The Lithuanian pilot of a Bastia-Marseille flight refused on Tuesday to board a detainee with his armed prison escort, causing the postponement of a trial for criminal conspiracy on Wednesday in Marseille, we learned from a judicial source.
Ange-Marie Gaffory, 38, detained at the Borgo remand center in Haute-Corse where he is serving a sentence from the Ajaccio criminal court, was to be transferred to be tried on Wednesday and Thursday before the criminal court of the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction.
During the presentation, Tuesday morning, at Bastia-Poretta airport, of the escort of the Regulatory and Planning Authority for Judicial Extractions (ARPEJ), the pilot of the Air Corsica flight, carried out by a Lithuanian airline , opposed the boarding of prison officers with their weapons.
Trial postponed to May 29 and 30
“Transfers of detainees or people in custody between Corsica and the continent are carried out regularly with Air France and when it comes to an aircraft chartered to a foreign company we are effectively refused
,” said explained prosecutor Emilie Ramousse according to whom the change of operator on Tuesday for the Bastia-Marseille rotations could not have been anticipated by the prison administration.
As Ange-Marie Gaffory refused to be judged in his absence or even by videoconference from Borgo prison, the court ordered the case to be adjourned to May 29 and 30. He must appear alongside three co-defendants for his highly contested participation in a criminal association, in reality preparatory acts, according to the prosecution, with a view to intentional homicide by an organized gang. This case of criminal association would be part of the context of a strong opposition between the clan of Guy Orsoni and that of the
“Petit Bar”.
“If the accused firmly refuted that the recovery of stolen vehicles was used to prepare any criminal project, it must be noted that it clearly appears to demonstrate the bringing together of logistical means with a view to preparing a violent action
,” writes the investigating judge in her order for referral to the court.
“The defense would have liked this case to be completed in a timely manner,”
regrets to Le
Figaro
Me Charlotte Cesari, lawyer for the defendant.
If my client had been transferred further upstream, we could have avoided such difficulties which we deplore
.