The investigation into the attack on burnt police officers in Viry-Châtillon in Essonne in 2016 is once again singled out.

Two new complaints for "forgery" and "violence" were lodged with the Evry prosecutor's office against the police officers responsible for it, said Sunday the prosecutor of the prefecture of Essonne.

In a joint complaint filed Wednesday, Me Sarah Mauger-Poliak, Yaël Scemama and Michel Stansal denounce "forgery in public writing" and "willful violence by a person holding public authority" as part of the investigation conducted by the Departmental security of Essonne, confirming information from

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Denouncing the investigators by name, the lawyers believe that the interrogations were transcribed to the detriment of the defendants, and that the "culprits would have knowingly been released".

Questions about the key witness statements

According to them, the police officers wrote the minutes "by modifying the meaning of the statements, by evading the protests of innocence, a large number of detailed explanations and without recording the requests for verification of the elements proving the absence of involvement" of their two clients, acquitted on appeal and one of whom was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment at first instance. In addition, according to the complaint, the key witness of the investigation did not "spontaneously" produced a "list of participants in the attack" as assured by the investigators.

According to the Evry prosecutor's office, another complaint for "forgery in public writing" was filed by Me Frank Berton, lawyer for one of the young people sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on appeal.

On Twitter, the penalist, who is appealing in cassation, indicated that his complaint was "specifically two police officers" also for "fraud of the judgment" and "violations of the code of public security".

The requested change of scenery

“Just as I decided on the change of scenery for the first two complaints on the investigation, I requested the change of scenery for these two new complaints,” said prosecutor Caroline Nisand.

As with the first two complaints, this request for relinquishment must be studied by the Paris general prosecutor's office.

Frédérick Petipermon, lawyer for one of the defendants sentenced on April 18 to 18 years in prison on appeal and who also appealed to the Supreme Court, had already lodged two complaints in Evry, on February 26 and March 10, for "forgery in public writing ”.

According to one of these complaints, the minutes were truncated, failing to transcribe the words of two key witnesses of the investigation.

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