One month exactly after the meeting between OGC Nice and OM which had been stopped in the 78th minute, Tony, the Nice supporter who is suspected of having attacked Marseille player Dimitri Payet, was on trial this Wednesday afternoon.
After two hours of hearing, prosecutor Clémence Bravais requested one year of imprisonment, "suitable for conversion", including six suspended, and five years of prohibition to appear in a stadium, the maximum penalty.
The deliberation will be delivered next Thursday, September 30.
At the end of his immediate appearance, three days after the facts, the defendant was left free but banned from stadium and matches with the obligation to check in twice a week at the gendarmerie of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, where he resides.
He had assured that he would “regret his gesture all his life”.
On August 22, it was the throwing of a projectile at Dimitri Payet and his dismissal in the stands that had ignited the powder.
Nice supporters had invaded the field, causing a general fight.
The disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League sanctioned Nice with three games behind closed doors and the withdrawal of one point after this chaotic meeting against Marseille, which will have to be replayed on Wednesday, October 27.
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The Nice supporter suspected of assaulting Dimitri Payet tried on Wednesday
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An Allianz Riviera grandstand closed for four matches after the Nice - OM incidents
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