Six years after the collapse of two buildings on rue d’Aubagne in Marseille, in which eight people died, a trial will take place. Two individuals and two legal entities prosecuted in this case will be tried from November 7 to December 18 for “involuntary manslaughter” and “involuntary injuries,” reports The world who consulted the order for reference.
Thus, Julien Ruas, a deputy to mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin, responsible at the time for urban risk management, is referred to justice alongside Richard Carta, an architect commissioned a few days before the tragedy for an expertise. The Liautard firm, trustee of this co-ownership, and the mixed economy company Marseille Habitat, owner of the empty building, are also among the legal entities involved.
According to the order, the judges of the collective accident center listed numerous faults which can be accused of the four indicted. Negligence which “created or contributed to creating the situation which allowed the damage to occur or did not take the measures to avoid it”.