In a joint complaint filed Wednesday, lawyers denounce "forgery in public writing" and "willful violence by a person holding public authority" as part of the investigation into the attack on burnt police officers in Viry-Châtillon, in Essonne, in 2016.
Two new complaints for "forgery" and "violence" were lodged with the Evry prosecutor's office against the police officers responsible for the investigation into the attack on burnt police officers in Viry-Châtillon, in Essonne, in 2016, said Sunday to AFP the prosecutor of Evry.
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 carried out by the Departmental security of Essonne, confirming information from Mediapart.
"Modified" statements and "evaded" protests of innocence
Denouncing the investigators by name, the lawyers believe that the interrogations were transcribed to the detriment of the defendants, and that the "culprits were knowingly released".
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.
Moreover, according to the complaint, the key witness of the investigation did not "spontaneously" produce a "list of participants in the attack" as assured by the investigators.
Two complaints already filed in February and March
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".
Frédérick Petipermon, lawyer for one of the defendants sentenced 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, consulted by AFP, the minutes were truncated, not transcribing the words of two key witnesses of the investigation.