A decision that arouses incomprehension.
Indicted for “manslaughter” after the death of Steve Maia Caniço in Nantes in 2019, for which he will be tried in June, Commissioner Grégoire Chassaing will benefit from a promotion, according to information from the daily La Montagne.
Commissioner of Clermont-Ferrand and current deputy of the departmental director of public security of Puy-de-Dôme, he must become
head of the national police district of Lyon, as of June 1.
That is, a few days before his trial, scheduled in Rennes from June 10 to 14, for “involuntary homicide” in the case of the death of Steve Maia Caniço.
The 24-year-old after-school entertainer disappeared after a police operation intended to put an end to an electro evening in Nantes, on the banks of the Loire, during the music festival, on the night of June 21 to 22, 2019.
Grégoire Chassaing was in charge of this controversial operation.
He is accused of having “implemented advance and arrest operations on the quay (…) even though the investigations made it possible to demonstrate that other solutions were possible, in particular that of a withdrawal”, had indicated the Rennes public prosecutor's office in a press release in December.
“Very painful” for the family
Asked Monday by La Montagne, Cécile de Oliveira, the lawyer for Steve's family, expressed her "astonishment at the management of Grégoire Chassaing's career by the national police, even though he is implicated in a very serious matter.”
“I am also very surprised by this schedule which makes him change positions a few days before a hearing which could lead to a decision likely to hinder him, or even prevent him from performing his duties as a police officer,” she said. also declared, adding that it was “very painful” for the family “to hear today about promotion, even though the judicial calendar has already been known for two weeks”.