Trial Zyed and Bouna: 10 years later, two policemen appear – TF1

Trial Zyed and Bouna: 10 years later, two policemen appear – TF1

That was 10 years ago, two young would die in a power site at Clichy-sous-Bois , an originally drama three weeks of riots in the French suburbs. Starting today, two policemen appear in Rennes for not helping a person in danger. There are ten, 27 October 2005, the intervention of the font on a construction site in Seine-Saint-Denis had put to flight a group of ten children including Muhittin Altun, Bouna Traoré and Zyed Benna. After the direction of the woods, the three young scaled the boundary wall of an EDF site. Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna, 17, will be fatally electrocuted by an electric arc. Muhittin Altun will be seriously injured by the heat produced by the arc. The death of two teenagers was followed by three weeks of riots in the French suburbs. The government had to declare a state of emergency.
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Today, peacekeeper Gaillemin Sebastian, 41, who was there, and Stephanie Klein, 38, who was the standard of the police, appearing for failure to assist a person in danger. They face up to five years in prison and 75,000 euros fine. Wednesday a demonstration, as well as daily demonstrations outside the court, the time of process , were announced by riot police group near some opponents of radical groups in Notre Airport project Dame-des-Landes, located between Rennes and Nantes. According to attorney Daniel Merchat police “the elements of failure to assist a person in danger are not met.” “My clients have never been sure that there were individuals in the site,” he assured before trial. But Jean-Pierre Mignard, a lawyer for families, “the three kids are victims, two of them died in appalling conditions. And this could have been avoided.”
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Ten years of waiting

The critical advocate the long judicial process that resulted in this trial. For him, “there has been a desire to exhaust this process by delaying it to the fullest. It almost succeeded.” But eventually all were pleased that this trial has finally place
end a long wait and get answers. For behind “a feeling of anger and incomprehension” still alive, “we want to know what really happened,” said Siyakha Traoré, the big brother of Bouna. “It’s been ten years we expect this trial,” recalled Adel Benna, the big brother of Zyed. “There are a lot of gray areas. We do not understand,” he says.
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Even the police side, this trial is expected. “My clients are relieved to finally be heard, because they are convinced that he had done nothing wrong, no mistakes,” said Me Merchat. He recalled that since the events both officers are still on duty “. General Inspectorate of the National Police found no fault against them there was no disciplinary procedure.” Ten years of waiting were necessary to achieve this trial. In this case the successive floors, Bobigny in Rennes, have always supported the dismissal.
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But it is the judges of instruction Bobigny, that made in October 2010, an order referring the two police officers before the criminal court for failing to assist a person in danger, which ultimately have the last word. The investigating chamber Rennes Appeals Court will follow their advice and return the two officers in the Criminal Court of Rennes.