" Custody.
"Hearing these words, Julien collapses in tears.
This beefy guy, who is starting to lose his hair, sobs silently.
He is staring at the wall and we can read in his eyes that he is terrified of being in jail.
His wife is waiting for him in Aix-en-Provence.
This 27-year-old baker had promised him that he would send him a selfie in front of the Commanderie.
He will be imprisoned at Baumettes until February 24, when the trial was postponed.
In total, eight of the fourteen defendants are remanded in custody after the degradations perpetrated on Saturday at the Olympique de Marseille training center.
The other six are placed under judicial control, with, in particular, a ban on demonstrating on the public highway.
They face up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
These supporters, who are between 19 and 37 years old, seem cut in the same mold.
They are temporary, seasonal, forklift operator, electrician, delivery man or wine merchant.
These young men, for the most part, wear short hair, without eccentricity.
Dressed in black, often in tracksuits, some display the logo of Commando Ultra 84, one of the groups on the front line of the protest movement against Jacques-Henri Eyraud, the Olympian president.
One of them has a broken nose, another is leaning on crutches.
They come from all over France: Saint-Dizier, Montceau-les-Mines, Manosque, Aix or Mâcon.
"When we see them individually, we say to ourselves that they are kids"
A majority have a clean criminal record.
One of them was given a suspended prison sentence for breaking and entering.
A few others have already been banned from the stadium for using smoke or invading a pitch.
One, finally, was sanctioned for having pasted stickers of a group of supporters on a panel.
Why were they at La Commanderie on Saturday?
“Because I love my club and it is poorly managed, answers one of them.
My morale is at its lowest.
Another defendant, Thierry, displays a sad look.
His relatives explained to investigators that he “goes to the stadium to be happy, it's the only time he feels good.
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“When we see them individually, we say to ourselves that they are kids, recognizes the prosecutor André Ribes.
But I'm not sure the OM stewards thought that when they took hits on Saturday.
"Only one of the defendants admitted violence: Romain, 19, admits to having" relentlessly carried out an unmarked police vehicle ", as the report relates.
Avoid a new mobilization of Ultras
With the Covid-19 pandemic, "the last times have been difficult for Romain, who has little contact," his mother explained to the police.
This "child of the eighth arrondissement" of Marseille, who follows a BTS in real estate in alternation, makes marauding to help the homeless.
In police custody, he made a detailed confession to the police and wondered why he did as a group what he would be unable to do on his own.
His lawyer, Me Christophe Pinel, explains: “The accumulation of brains can lead to the pauperization of intelligence.
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These 14 men do not appear to be leaders of fan groups.
Me Julien Gautier, the defender of one of the defendants, wonders if the police have arrested "those who run the slowest.
“No matter: a few days before the reception of the PSG, the court wants to set an example and avoid a new mobilization of the Ultras.
"We keep them in detention because there is this match, plague Me Nicolas Besset, the lawyer of another supporter.
Knowing that they were 300, this means that there are still 286 in nature!
And the leaders, those we are still looking for, it is not them!
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