CCTV footage of the violence around the Stade de France during the Champions League final was not retained, we learned during hearings by the Senate on Thursday.
Absence of a requisition of justice
These images are systematically destroyed after seven days, unless requisitioned by justice, explained Erwan Le Prévost, the director of institutional affairs of the French Football Federation (FFF), whose delegation was heard in the Senate.
"It's the law", told AFP the president of the Senate culture committee, Laurent Lafon.
“We are surprised, the prefect took legal action very quickly, there was plenty of time to seize (these images), we need to understand what happened.
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An angry senator
For Senator David Assouline, “very violent images existed and they were deleted seven days after the fact, why were they not requisitioned?
he asked.
The mayor of the metropolis of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, auditioned after the delegation of the FFF, said that "(he) does not manage (has) to understand why the videos were destroyed".
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