MHD, indicted for "intentional homicide", imprisoned in the prison of Health (Paris) and positive for coronavirus, was kept in detention Wednesday by the Court of Appeal of Paris. The investigating judge in charge of the file had taken on April 1 an order of release of the rapper. This had been challenged by an interim detention of the Paris prosecutor's office. The investigative chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the investigating judge on Wednesday and decided to keep the artist in detention.
The self-proclaimed inventor of the “afro-trap”, a mixture of rap and African music, has been in pre-trial detention since January 17, 2019 for acts that occurred in July 2018 and in which he denies having participated.
"We will file a request again"
His lawyer, Elise Arfi, said on March 27 that MHD had tested positive for Covid-19. On Wednesday, she declared that "he was very sick, now it is true that he is rather near the end, but you never really know with this disease". She called the decision of the court of appeal "shocking" when MHD "is ill, has all the guarantees of representation, had a removal order" and was therefore, according to her, fit to go out.
"We will file a request again", she added, while a previous request for release had already been refused by the investigative chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal on March 12.
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2018, Loïc K., 23, was hit by a car, beaten up, then stabbed in the 10th arrondissement of Paris in a settling of scores between rival gangs of 10th and 19th arrondissements. He died very quickly from his injuries.
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