One of the godfathers of southern Corsica, Jacques Santoni was imprisoned for money laundering in an organized gang in the context of the "Petit Bar" affair.
But while the forty-something has been quadriplegic since a 2003 motorcycle accident, his lawyer, Pascal Garbarini, denounces his conditions of detention.
Jacques Santoni, one of the great sponsors of the south of Corsica, was imprisoned in Marseille and detained for money laundering in an organized gang, extortion in an organized gang and criminal association.
The leader of the Corsican criminal gang known as the "Petit Bar" is behind bars, but still in a wheelchair.
The man has been quadriplegic since a motorcycle accident in 2003, and the treatment he receives scandalizes his lawyer, Pascal Garbarini.
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"Apocalyptic" and degrading conditions
"His limbs, lower and upper alike, do not work. We put the handcuffs on his arms, hanging from his chair," explains the council to Europe 1. "So we have a person whom it is established today that the ills from which she suffers are not compatible with detention, and despite this he is in pre-trial detention, "continues the lawyer, who is considering a legal action to challenge this arrest warrant.
Me Pascal Garbarini was also indignant at the "apocalyptic" and degrading conditions of his four days in police custody during which Jacques Santoni did not, according to him, receive the necessary care.
"A disability is not a passport to impunity, of course," he adds.
"On the other hand, a disability must be taken into account within the framework of coercive measures. The question which arises is' do we want Mr. Jacques Santoni to have a serious health problem which will lead to his death? '"
A previous haul, at the end of September
Jacques Santoni was arrested Sunday in Paris with twenty other people arrested in Corsica and on the continent.
Among them, eight were also to be presented to an investigating judge by Saturday, according to the specialized interregional court (Jirs) of Marseille.
These arrests followed a previous wave of arrests and searches that had taken place on September 28 in Corsica and Switzerland, in the two aspects of the investigation targeting this criminal gang.
In the financial aspect, the investigators seek to dismantle the networks of money laundering of the "Small Bar" at the international level.
According to figures put forward by
Le Monde
, some 48 million offshore and real estate investments have enabled the criminal group to launder its dirty money.
In the other part, relating to the attempted assassination of Guy Orsoni, himself prosecuted in various cases of banditry, Jacques Santoni has already been indicted after the September 28 attack.
He was then placed only under judicial supervision because a forensic expertise carried out then concluded that his condition was incompatible with detention.