[HIGHLIGHTS] Misappropriation of public funds: the trial of the "fridge of Falco" begins with a procedural guerrilla war

Mayor of Toulon Hubert Falco is accused of embezzling public funds for meals. The meals were supposedly paid for by the Var departmental council.

A butler and a cook were assigned to these tasks, also resulting in overtime pay by the general council. These meals and the food needed to make them were stored in a fridge dedicated to the mayor, hence "Falco's fridge" The trial of Marc Giraud, the other defendant in this case, will be heard on Wednesday.