The prosecutor spoke of “perfectly fanciful explanations”. A 32-year-old man, already convicted of murder in 2015 and arrested in Ajaccio (Southern Corsica) at the beginning of March in possession of a semi-automatic pistol and narcotics, was sentenced Friday in Ajaccio to four years in prison farm.
Gillian Raucourt, who was arrested in Ajaccio after a traffic offense in possession of a semi-automatic Glock 45 containing 13 cartridges, was acquitted for possession of narcotics but found guilty of transporting a weapon without legitimate reason and sentenced to 4 years in prison with warrant of committal at the hearing.
He was also sentenced to a ten-year ban on possessing a weapon, a five-year ban on staying in Corsica, the withdrawal of his hunting license and a ban on re-taking it for five years. His vehicle, the 20 canisters of cocaine and herbal cannabis seized, as well as 285 euros were confiscated. Pointing out that he was "a repeat offender" and his "perfectly fanciful, selective and indigent explanations", the Ajaccio prosecutor requested a sentence of "not less than three years' imprisonment".
Job promise in Marseille
“I didn't hurt anyone, it was just for my mental safety,” Gillian Raucourt said on the stand. He explained that he had been “threatened on several occasions” since his release from detention in 2018 under an electronic bracelet and that he had “provided a service”, without payment, by transporting what he suspected were drugs. The court and its lawyer, Me Anne-Marie Leandri, indicated that a judicial investigation against subject to dismissal.
Assuring that he lived "in fear", his lawyer also raised objections concerning the conditions of his arrest and the search of his bag. She also argued that he was “on the verge of reintegration” with a promise of employment by a Marseille company working in events and the development of several patents for insulation products that he intended to market. , asking the court to issue a ban on traveling to Corsica where “he is in danger”.
Me Anne-Marie Leandri indicated her intention to appeal this judgment, regretting “a severe sentence”. Gillian Raucourt had already been sentenced in March 2015 by the Assize Court of Appeal of Bastia to 12 years of criminal imprisonment for the assassination of Damien Gheraldi, 24, in June 2009 in Ajaccio.