This Monday, the Marseille Criminal Court requested a one-year prison sentence, to be served under electronic surveillance, and a fine of 50,000 euros, against Pierre-Yves Loiseau, a former notary tried in a case of unfit housing in the second city of France.
The prosecutor also called for the confiscation of a building, as a “strong signal addressed to all those investors who intend to make a profit” by renting unsanitary or dangerous accommodation. A fine of 100,000 euros was also required against the SCI owner of the property.
Endangering the life of others
In this emblematic case of the files opened by justice after the drama of the rue d’Aubagne and these eight deaths on November 5, 2018 in the collapse of a building in the heart of Marseille, Pierre-Yves Loiseau, 42, was judged for endangering others and refusing to carry out work on one of his many properties. In 2013, five after the purchase of a building, in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Marseille, the building, with its dilapidated electrical installations, was plagued by humidity.
At the helm, the ex-notary referred the responsibility to the tenants “who play ball in the common areas and have barbecues inside”. Still according to him, the companies sent for the work had their equipment stolen or saw their work immediately degraded.