Wojciech Janowski, convicted for commissioning the murder of his mother-in-law Hélène Pastor and his driver, filed a complaint against Eric Dupond-Moretti, his former lawyer, for having acknowledged without his agreement his responsibility in the murder of the billionaire, was learned Friday from concordant sources.
"Those words you expected from him come out of my mouth"
At the very end of the trial of the perpetrators of this murder in the Assize Court of Bouches-du-Rhône in October 2018, Me Dupond-Moretti, who defended Wojciech Janowski, the principal defendant, had launched: "Wojciech Janowski is guilty of have ordered the murder of Hélène Pastor, these words that you expected from him come out of my mouth ".
A "theatrical twist" while during the five weeks of hearing, Wojciech Janowski had never confessed to the murder. "I have nothing to add, I apologize to Sylvia (Ratkowski, Hélène Pastor's daughter) and my children", had simply declared after his lawyer the former Honorary Consul of Poland in Monaco, some moments before the jurors retire to deliberate. Immediately after the verdict sentencing him for life, Wojciech Janowski's lawyers announced that he was appealing.
Two visits in five years of investigation, according to the accused
According to a source familiar with the case, Wojciech Janowski "never gave a warrant to Me Dupond-Moretti to plead guilty". The Polish businessman has therefore lodged a complaint in this regard, and also for "non-assistance during the investigation", Me Dupond-Moretti having visited him according to him only twice in 5 years of instruction . He also wrote for the same reasons to the bâtonnier, the same source added. Me Dupond-Moretti, contacted by the AFP, indicated not being able to speak on this subject, invoking the "professional secrecy of the lawyer".
The son-in-law of the billionaire had recognized in police custody that he had been the instigator of the ambush that cost Hélène Pastor and her driver her life before retracting. Wojciech Janowski, who has already been held for five years and will turn 70 in August, is also seeking release, his new lawyer, Campana, has learned. The chamber of the instruction in Aix-en-Provence must rule on its request at the end of the summer.
Hélène Pastor, 77, heiress of a Monegasque real estate empire, and her Egyptian driver Mohamed Darwich, 63, were fatally shot on 6 May 2014 in front of a hospital in Nice.