Nearly three years after the death of Steve Maia Caniço in Nantes during a controversial police operation, the Rennes prosecutor's office announced on Monday the end of the investigation of the file, in which a former prefect is indicted for "involuntary homicide ".
“On March 7, 2022, the investigating magistrate, considering that the information seems to him to be over, communicated the file to the public prosecutor of Rennes so that he could take his requisitions”, indicated the prosecutor Philippe Astruc.
The final decision on whether to hold a trial will rest with the investigating judge in charge of the case.
The prefect filed an appeal
In this case, Philippe Astruc recalls that the magistrate in charge of the investigation "indicted for manslaughter" three people who were in office at the time of the events: the police commissioner in charge of the device, the sub-prefect and chief of staff to the prefect of Loire-Atlantique, as well as the prefect Claude d'Harcourt.
“The prefect and sub-prefect under investigation appealed to the investigating chamber of the Rennes Court of Appeal by which they contest their indictment and request the granting of assisted witness status”, says the prosecutor.
These appeals should be examined by the investigating chamber of the court of appeal in July, adds the magistrate.
The mayor of Nantes under the status of "assisted witness"
In this case, the deputy departmental director of public security (DDSP) in office at the time of the events, was placed under the status of "assisted witness" in July, as well as the city of Nantes and its mayor Johanna Rolland, l deputy mayor in charge of security at the time of the events, and the metropolis.
The assisted witness is a person implicated in a criminal case.
This is an intermediate status between that of the witness and that of the accused.
Steve Maia Caniço, extracurricular animator, had disappeared after a police operation intended to put an end to an electro evening on the banks of the Loire on the night of June 21 to 22, 2019. His body had been found, in the river, more than a month later. late July 29.
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Steve Maia Caniço case: The mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland, placed under the status of assisted witness
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