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Friday, June 7, 2013

Violence at the Trocadero: the acquittal to 8 months in prison for nine supporters of PSG

The trial of nine supporters, often hauling a heavy legal liability for aggravated during the festival PSG May 13 at Trocadero violence resulted in acquittal four and five prison sentences

Four casual, three sentences of 4 months in prison and two 6 and 8 months custody. The Paris Criminal Court, made on the night of Wednesday to Thursday its decisions against nine accused supporters of PSG aggravated during the festival of champions France at the Trocadero May 13 violence. Sentences below the submissions of the public prosecutor Nicolas Le Bris had called a few hours earlier 4 to 12 months in prison and to all defendants, the warrant. Convicted persons aged 19 to 34 years, will also jointly pay 500 euros in damages to three security guards plaintiffs

Past judicial body for seven of them, stadium bans for some "resentment" towards the security policy PSG nine defendants denied or minimized their involvement in violence and throwing projectiles at police and security guards at Trocadero while claiming for most links with extremists groups or forum Auteuil. One does not have that profile as a police officer who testified at the hearing. All residing in the Paris suburbs, they were arrested Tuesday after they were identified in the first line of the podium celebrations at the Trocadero, on pictures and videos taken by journalists and policemen cross agglomeration events service

"It was historic, we wanted to celebrate the title"

Video editing police projected to the audience shows people - some hooded or masked - throwing smoke bombs and projectiles - barriers, disc grinder, concrete block, bottles - on police and stewards responsible for ensuring the safety of podium. A security guard had received a particular mortar leg. According to the survey, one hundred people through the crowd, rushing to the edge of the podium where a banner in honor of the "Virage Auteuil" has been deployed on the security gates

"It was historic, we wanted to celebrate the title," said the court Marcus Youssef, a former ultra condemned 17 times, including for violence with weapons, and denies throwing a barrier. Like him, Gregory, 20 years has been recognized on the images of violence by his sweatshirt. This former member of Microbes, affiliated to the group of Supras and never convicted, does not remember everything - "is confused" - but he admits he had "resentment over the fact that (PSG) has ultras fired. " "We moved to spoil the party, we were aiming for the security chiefs of PSG," said Antoine at the hearing, law student 19 years with no criminal record, which would see a lawyer