The case, extremely sensitive, highlights the vulnerability of a discreet profession but directly confronted with crime.
According to our information, an investigating judge from Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) was placed under protection after the discovery of a planned violent action targeting him and his relatives.
Justice took these threats very seriously, to the point that a judicial investigation into the charge of “participation in a criminal association with a view to committing a crime” was opened on August 14, 2023 by the Nantes public prosecutor’s office (Loire-Atlantique). ), confirms prosecutor Renaud Gaudeul.
Even today, the magistrate benefits from reinforced protection.
Contacted, he did not respond.
From consistent sources, in the summer of 2023, information reached the courts: someone would seek revenge on this magistrate who investigated sometimes sensitive cases.
Corroborated thanks to technical investigations, the information highlights that an inmate of the Nantes prison would have hired small hands to burn the house of a member of the judge's family, explains a person familiar with the case.
It would also be a question of physically attacking him.
Worse, suspicious movements around the magistrate's private home have been noted in recent months by the police and gendarmes responsible for his protection.
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