The prosecutor of the Republic of Nice, Jean-Michel Priest, will soon be transferred to Lyon where he must become general counsel, according to information released Monday and Europe 1 was confirmed. This appointment, corresponding de facto to a demotion, must be examined in September by the Superior Council of the Judiciary.
Turnaround on police involvement
At the end of March, after a police charge during which the septuagenarian Geneviève Legay had been wounded, the Nice prosecutor had first cleared the police. He then said on March 29 that she had been pushed by a police officer, contrary to his first statements.
At the end of July, Le Monde revealed that he had initially wanted not to embarrass Emmanuel Macron by recognizing the involvement of the police in the charge that caused the injuries of Geneviève Legay, 73, who had several ribs broken and skull fractures. The head of state then enjoined the septuagenarian to show a "form of wisdom".
Criticism of the investigation
It was also criticized the prosecutor of the Republic of Nice for having entrusted the investigation of the injuries of the septuagenarian to the departmental security whose head is the companion of the commissioner in charge of the command March 23, during the act 19 " yellow vests ".