The day after the release of the perpetrator of the fatal shooting of Nahel on June 27 in Nanterre, the investigating judges detailed their reasoning. They believe that there are still “discrepancies between the different versions given” but that “the risk of consultation now appears, in this configuration, less significant” and “cannot justify the continuation of pre-trial detention in this respect”.
Police officer Florian M., 38, remains indicted for murder and placed under judicial supervision for his fatal shooting after a traffic stop. In particular, he is prohibited from going to Nanterre and carrying a weapon, the prosecution said. His lawyer, Me Laurent-Franck Liénard, filed a third request for release on Thursday, November 9.
Nahel’s mother denounces “a real injustice”
“The judicial investigation has progressed”, the civil parties and the two police officers having been interviewed, indicated the magistrates. They also emphasize that “if the disturbance to public order remains”, “it is less than on the date of placement in pre-trial detention”.
“Five months after the commission of the facts, pre-trial detention no longer appears to be the only means of ensuring the protection of the accused,” according to the judges. “It was time for him to come out”, greeted Me Liénard, referring to a “political detention”. His client is “relieved” and has found his family, he said, contacted by AFP.
The lawyer for Nahel’s family, Me Yassine Bouzrou, indicated “not to comment on questions relating to pre-trial detention in this case”. But Nahel’s mother denounced “a real injustice” and called in a video for a “rally” on Sunday afternoon in Nanterre.
The images of the biker shooting the teenager at point blank range at the end of June, widely distributed on social networks, sparked a wave of anger and violence which engulfed many towns in the Paris region and the rest of the country for several consecutive nights. , the most serious since 2005.