The justice accused him of having warned dealers of a raid by the gendarmerie and of having communicated on several occasions with a lawyer whose brother was being prosecuted for acts of violence.

The former deputy director of public security in the Ardennes was sentenced this Friday to three months' suspended imprisonment and a 2,000 euros fine for violation of professional secrecy, we learned from the Charleville-Mézières prosecutor's office.

Philippe Moronval, now retired, was prosecuted for breach of professional secrecy between June 2014 and July 2015 and disclosure of information on an investigation opened for crimes or offenses to a person likely to be involved, from February to December 2015. The prosecution requested a fine of 5,000 euros, of which 3,000 were suspended.

The former police officer released in three other cases

"I am delighted that the court recognized that Mr. Moronval was not guilty of a certain number of facts", even if he "exceeded the requisitions of the public prosecutor.

It is particular when one knows his service record ", reacted his lawyer, Me Patrick Manil, specifying that his client has" never been dismissed ".

"We will seriously consider appealing," he said.

The former police officer was also released in three other cases where he was prosecuted for violation of professional secrecy, said the prosecutor of the Republic Charleville-Mézières, Laurent de Caigny.

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