The lawyer of the father of the suspect arrested after the violent death of Guinean teacher-researcher Mamoudou Barry near Rouen on Friday, does not think that the mis en cause can "be at the origin of a racist aggression" . "To consider that the young man I know was at the origin of the facts, I have a big doubt about the mobile.I do not think that Damien can be at the origin of a racist aggression", declared Selçuk Demir, lawyer Mehmet A., father of the suspect arrested Monday.
"The young man grew up in a working-class neighborhood with people of various origins and faiths, and I can not imagine for a second that he was able to attack someone because of his color or his religion," he said. Me Demir who says to have defended it in the past "for minor offenses of youth".
He had already been treated in a psychiatric hospital
Mehmet A. was to be heard Monday by the police before it was canceled due to the interruption of the custody of his son for medical reasons. Monday evening, the public prosecutor of Rouen announced the opening of a judicial information. According to Me Demir, Damien A, 29 years old and father of a small child, is born of a Turkish father and a French mother . Under guardianship, he worked irregularly in the building, lived in Sotteville-lès-Rouen in a home and had already received care in a psychiatric hospital in the agglomeration. "His father sent his condolences to Mamoudou Barry's family, and he told me he was ready to meet them," said Demir.
"There are still many gray areas in this story"
"There are still many gray areas in this story, and it's hard to be as categorical as some people are," said the lawyer. "Putting an end to custody so quickly and in such a serious case shows that there are serious questions about his state of health," he said.
A white march is to be organized Friday, which will leave the University of Rouen at 15h. "His supervisor, a professor at the University of Rouen and the family's lawyer will say a few words," according to a message posted on Facebook from the group "Solidarity for Mamoudou".