The state has offered around 200,000 euros in compensation to Ivan Colonna’s family to compensate for the damage caused by his murder in prison and to stop the proceedings against the administration, which will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
“As it stands, we have this offer on the table, and only part of the family has accepted it at this time. Things are still not clear“, explained Me Patrice Spinos, partially corroborating the information chained duck.
A lawyer on behalf of Ivan Colonna’s family filed an administrative complaint against the state in Marseille in early April following the Corsican independence activist’s death in a brutal attack by radicalized prisoner Frank Elong Abe in Arles. March 2 prison.
“The amount is significantly higher than the usual scales”
In this survey consulted by AFP, the total amount of damage to the family of Ivan Colonna, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of prefect Claude Eriniac in 1998, was estimated at one million euros.
Over the summer, the state submitted a lower compensation offer for the total amountapprox“200,000 euros, said Me Spinos. “However, this is a significantly larger amount than conventional scales.“, he assured.
If this offer, which is not limited by time, was accepted by all eight applicants, including the parents of Ivan Kolonna and his two children, the case would be closed without having to go to court. “Everyone has the freedom to do what they want and accept or not accept this offer. We will see more clearly in a few weeks.“said Mr.e Spinos, reminding that the responsibility of the state in this case was acquired by the terms of the Penal Code itself.
Two trials are open
According to the November 2009 law, the state systematically “is liable for compensation for damages resulting from the death of a detained person as a result of violence committed by another detained person in a penitentiary institution;“.
The chancellor contacted AFP and referred to Matignon’s services. Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupont-Moretti, as Ivan Colonna’s attorney, recused himself from the entire case to avoid a “conflict of interest.”
In connection with this death, which caused great emotion in Corsica, two legal proceedings are also open.murder related to a terrorist enterprise,” which her alleged attacker is accused of, and a second for violating the confidentiality of the directive, which began after France 3 broadcast footage of her lynching.
Source: Le Figaro
