On the morning of the second day of the trial of the spy case at Ikea on Tuesday, a 44-year-old police officer suspected of having transmitted the criminal records of employees to the company was heard.

A union delegate had in particular been the subject of an audit to determine "the trafficking and violence in which he was perhaps engaged".

This Tuesday marks the second day of hearing in the trial of the so-called "espionage" affair at the Ikea furniture brand.

Fifteen people have appeared since Monday for possibly illicitly collecting and unlawfully disclosing personal data of company employees.

This Tuesday morning, the hearing was devoted to offenses related to the Franconville site, in Val-d'Oise, the largest store in France.

And in particular to the interrogation of a 44-year-old police officer suspected of having transmitted the criminal records of employees to the company with the yellow and blue logo.

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22 consultations of a police file on employees

Still in office today, Laurent Hervieu worked at the time of the events, in September 2010, at the Ermont police station, near Franconville.

He then carried out 22 consultations of a police file on Ikea employees, including two union delegates involved in a strike which paralyzed the Franconville site a few months earlier, in February.

One of them, Adel Amara, was even the subject of a thorough audit to determine "the trafficking and violence in which he may be engaged".

Adel Amara is now on the bench of civil parties.

In direct contact with the site security director

At the bar, the police officer assures that his research was in connection with an investigation for aggravated theft in the after-sales service of the store.

The president is surprised, however, that no trace of this procedure has been found.

"It is because it did not succeed", assures Laurent Hervieu.

What is established is that this police officer was in direct contact with the security director of the Ikea site in Franconville.

The latter, who is not prosecuted, had assured during the investigation that with a wink or a mimicry, the police officer made him understand that such or such employee was known or not to the police services.

Laurent Hervieu faces five years in prison.

The end of the hearing is scheduled for April 2.