Double assassination Bastia-Poretta: the court has ruled, heavy sentences have been handed down for the main accused

Treize des 15 accusés ont été reconnus coupables, deux ont été acquittés (illustration). Midi Libre – MICHAEL ESDOURRUBAILH

He is considered the "the master builder" of the double assassination that occurred at Bastia-Poretta airport in 2017. Christophe Guazzelli is sentenced to 30 years of criminal imprisonment, including 20 years of security by the Bouches-Assize Court du-Rhône.

Christophe Guazzelli, presented as the "master builder" of the assassination of two members of Corsican banditry in December 2017 at Bastia-Poretta airport, was sentenced Friday to 30 years of criminal imprisonment including 20 years of probation by the court of ;assesses of Bouches-du-Rhône.

Thirteen of the 15 defendants were found guilty, two were acquitted. Punishments ranging from three years of imprisonment – including one year suspended – to 30 years of criminal imprisonment with 20 years of security were pronounced in this trial where, extremely rare, the main accused refused to appear and challenged their lawyers, thus having no defense.

Cathy Châtelain, divorced Sénéchal, a guard at the Corsican prison of Borgo who admitted her participation in these assassinations, was sentenced to 23 years of criminal imprisonment. She was present in the box to listen to the verdict after weeks of refusal to appear.

Attorneys General Christophe Raffin and Yvon Calvet had called on the jurors on Monday to find the guilt of the 15 accused tried since the beginning of May, and had requested sentences ranging from five years of imprisonment – including four years suspended – to life imprisonment.

He would have liked to revive a historic criminal gang

For the prosecution, "everything brings back" to Christophe Guazzelli, presented as the ’master builder", "the ’soul of this criminal project" who will train his brother Richard. He is "the executor, the organizer, the one who provides instructions to others, even orders", had -they decided by asking for life imprisonment against him.

According to the prosecution, the objective of the Guazzelli brothers, Ange-Marie Michelosi and Jacques Mariani was to avenge the deaths of their fathers, founders of the &quot ;Sea Breeze" or member of the South Corsica banditry, whose deaths are all attributable to the opposing clan today led by Jean-Luc Germani. They would also have wanted to "revive" the “Sea Breeze", this historic criminal gang.

On December 5, 2017, around 11:20 a.m., Jean-Luc Codaccioni and Antoine Quilichini were the targets of shooting in the parking lot of Bastia airport. Antoine Quilichini was killed instantly. Jean-Luc Codaccioni, inmate of Borgo prison, returning from leave in Paris, died seven days later.