Europe 1 with AFP 4:01 p.m., May 30, 2022

Patrick Balkany, 73, will be released on parole and must leave Fleury-Mérogis prison (Essonne) on Wednesday, his lawyers, Me Robin Bindard and Romain Dieudonné, told AFP on Monday.

Patrick Balkany, 73, will be released on parole and must leave Fleury-Mérogis prison (Essonne) on Wednesday, his lawyers, Me Robin Bindard and Romain Dieudonné, told AFP on Monday.

The former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine) was taken into custody on February 7.

After spending five months in detention for tax evasion, then being released on an electronic bracelet for health reasons, he returned to prison due to numerous breaches of his obligations, according to justice.

The prosecution of Evry, which was unfavorable to this adjustment of sentence, can appeal

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