Lyon: a new "Dalton" indicted

Europe 1 with AFP 9:07 p.m., November 12, 2021

A member of the "Dalton", a group of rappers from Lyon taunting the authorities, was indicted on Friday for "complicity", five days after the escalation of the fence of the prison of Corbas (Rhône) by a of his associates, announced the Lyon prosecutor's office.

Indictment, accompanied by a placement under "strict" judicial control ...

This indictment, accompanied by a placement under "strict" judicial control, follows the opening during the day of a judicial investigation aimed at the facts "of escalation of the prison compound", of "projection of packages within this remand center and urban rodeos committed near this establishment ". In a video posted Sunday on social networks, a person disguised as "Dalton" climbs the fence of this prison, in the suburbs of Lyon, then, after coming down, throws objects inside, probably at destination of inmates. Another "Dalton" then performs a motorcycle rodeo in front of the remand center. He has not been found since.

It is in this prison that Many-GT, 30 years old, the leader of the "Dalton" is detained, sentenced at the end of August to nine months in prison for his participation in rodeos organized for the filming of a clip of the group.

The heads of the indictment Friday of the "Dalton" are "unauthorized communication with an inmate by a person outside the establishment, complicity in unauthorized escalation of the enclosure of a penitentiary, complicity in attempted illicit handing over of an object to a detainee, complicity in the possession of narcotic products and transport of narcotic products ".

... "ban on going to the town of Lyon"

As part of his judicial control, the respondent has in particular "the prohibition to go to the town of Lyon and the prohibition to leave his home at night and on weekends". A second person, also arrested Wednesday, was released "for lack of evidence". "The investigations will continue actively within the framework of the rogatory commission issued by the examining magistrate to identify and question the individual who climbed the fence", concluded the Lyon public prosecutor's office.

Other "Dalton" were also arrested recently as announced by the Minister of the Interior Gérard Darmanin on Europe 1, including two who burst onto the lawn during the Lyon-Prague football match on November 4.

The day before, a young man of 19 had been sentenced to eight months suspended for an urban rodeo organized on October 29 at Place Bellecour, in the heart of downtown, and broadcast live on Instagram.