Europe 1 with AFP 3:53 p.m., June 09, 2022

The General Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Cassation rejected the request made to it to file an "appeal in the interest of the law" after the acquittal at the end of April of two police officers accused of rape at 36 quai des Orfèvres, announced Thursday the Court of Cassation to AFP.

The General Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Cassation rejected the request made to it to file an "appeal in the interest of the law" after the acquittal at the end of April of two police officers accused of rape at 36 quai des Orfèvres, announced Thursday the Court of Cassation to AFP.

This very specific appeal consists in assessing the existence of a possible problem of legality in the reasons for the verdict, but is not likely to annul the decision of acquittal.

The request had been made by the plaintiff's lawyers. 

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