A young man arrested last June for threatening a mosque in Lille in a video was released on Friday August 19 under judicial supervision after his trial was recently suspended. Due to the lack of a psychological examination, the trial in his direct presence is postponed for the second time on October 25.
Until this new session, this 23-year-old man, detained for about two months, was released under judicial supervision due to the maximum terms of pre-trial detention. His arrest was announced on Twitter by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Gerald Darmanin.
In addition to a weekly check-up at the gendarmerie and a duty of care, the young man is prohibited from carrying weapons and from appearing near the Grand Mosque, instructions he promised.respect“. The ban on approaching the mosque is considered fundamental by the lawyer of the place of worship, Jerome Armand, who emphasizes that the believers are notdid not calm downplacing under judicial control.
At the hearing, the young man gave a positive answer to the judge, who asked if he had been drinking a bottle of vodka a day for about a year. When asked about his religious beliefs, he said he was an atheist. For his attorney, Mae Quentin Micinski, duty of care is the most important measure of judicial supervision because of this alcoholism problem.
On June 23, the accused was arrested at his home in Faches-Tumesnil, following the report of a video posted on the Telegram app through the online platform Pharos, in which a man announced his intention to attack the mosque in Lil Soud. Another shot focused on the 2019 shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, which the video’s creator described as:pure happiness“. White supremacy then killed 51 people and injured dozens more at two mosques. The quickly identified suspect admitted during the hearing that he was the author of the threats. At his first court appearance in late July, he pleaded guilty to operating under the influence of alcohol without experience.no hate“.
Source: Le Figaro
