A lawyer from the Aix-en-Provence bar, Jean-Louis Keita, was indicted and imprisoned as part of an investigation for the disclosure of information about an investigation or an instruction to a person likely to be there involved, announced Friday the prosecution of Marseille.
Jean-Louis Keita is a criminal lawyer, former president of the bar. He notably defended Omar Raddad, Patrick Henry and Jacques Vergès.
Disclosure of information on an investigation
He was indicted Thursday by two investigating magistrates of the Marseille cosaisis judicial court, "heads of violation of professional secrecy and revelation of information on an investigation or an investigation for crime or offense punishable by 10 years of imprisonment, falling of organized crime or delinquency, to a person likely to be involved in it, "said the Marseille Prosecutor's Office in a press release.
According to the penal code, the latter offense is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.
After a contradictory debate, specifies the parquet floor, Mr. Keita was placed under warrant of deposit.
Jean-Louis Keita, who spent part of his life in Guinea, took refuge with his mother in Aix-En-Provence after the execution of his father, head of the Guinean army, in 1971.
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