Théo case trial: three police officers sentenced to suspended prison sentences of 3 to 12 months

The Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court delivered its verdict this Friday, January 19. ILLUSTRATION MAXPPP – Olivier Lejeune

Théo Luhaka was seriously injured by a baton blow during a violent arrest in February 2017. The Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court delivered its verdict this Friday, January 19. ;

Justice delivered its verdict this Friday, January 19 in the Théo case, named after the young man seriously injured in the anus by a baton during a violent arrest on February 2, 2017 in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis).

Less than the requisitions of the general advocate

The three police officers involved were sentenced to sentences ranging from three months to twelve months in prison, suspended for the perpetrator of the baton attack, against whom the attorney general had demanded the day before three years in prison. 

The latter was prosecuted for intentional violence resulting in "mutilation or permanent infirmity" on the victim, with the aggravating circumstances of his status as a person holding public authority, with a weapon and in a meeting. He also received a five-year ban on practicing on public roads and a five-year ban on carrying a weapon.

His two other colleagues, prosecuted for intentional violence, both received three months suspended prison sentences. The attorney general had requested six months against one of them.