• A bus driver at the RATP, ultra supporter of PSG, who had taken part in the fights before the Nice-Cologne match and who had fallen heavily from a stand, was sentenced this Wednesday in Nice to one year in prison, including six firm month, for “use of rocket or artifice, projectile throwing and violence in meeting”.

  • His sentence, which will be carried out at home, under electronic surveillance, is accompanied by a ban on residence in the Alpes-Maritimes for two years.

    He is also prohibited, over the same period, from attending PSG matches.

  • No other arrests have taken place in France in connection with this case, but the public prosecutor of Nice confirmed this Wednesday at

    20 Minutes

    that "several investigations" were still "in progress".

On September 8, 2022, the Europa League match between OGC Nice and FC Cologne was delayed by very violent clashes near and then inside the Allianz Riviera stadium.

A bus driver at the RATP, ultra supporter of the PSG, who had taken part in the fights and who had fallen heavily from a platform, was sentenced this Wednesday in Nice to one year in prison, including six months, for "use of rocket or artifice, projectile throwing and violence in meetings”.



A sentence that will be carried out at home, under electronic surveillance.

This 33-year-old man, resident of Livry-Gargan (Seine-Saint-Denis), is also prohibited from staying in the Alpes-Maritimes for two years.

Duration during which he is also prohibited from going to a stadium where PSG will play.

The Nice Criminal Court decided not to have this conviction entered in his criminal record.

Compared to "a hooligan"

Placed in police custody as soon as he left the hospital where he had been admitted in critical condition, the 30-year-old had had eight ribs and a broken shoulder blade.

He then emerged from a four-day coma, his lawyer said.

"Very alcoholic" at the time of the facts, according to the chief of staff of the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, the man had assured the hearing that his behavior that day was "an accident".

“I put my family life at risk.

It would not happen again “he had also sworn on September 15, 2022 at the Nice courthouse.

The representative of the prosecution then compared him to “a hooligan”.

“Several investigations” still “in progress”

This Ile-de-France resident is the first to be sentenced following these clashes which involved hundreds of people, some of whom were wearing hoods.

Twenty ultras from PSG, belonging to the group dissolved in 2010 Supras d'Auteuil, had infiltrated among the supporters of FC Cologne.

At the beginning of October, the German police announced that they had made five arrests in Cologne and other nearby towns in connection with this case.

In France, no other arrests have taken place, but the public prosecutor of Nice confirmed this Wednesday at

20 Minutes

that “several investigations” were still “in progress”.

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