Former French mayor accused of manslaughter of Portuguese descendant drowned in France.

The former president of Loire Atlantique, France, Claude d’Harcourt, was given the status of an assisted witness following the death of a descendant of the Portuguese Steve Mayo Canisou, who drowned in Nantes, France, during a police operation that took place in connection with the “Fête de la musique” ‘- music festival – in 2019. Claude D’Harcourt has been cleared of manslaughter by an appeals court, the public prosecutor in the Breton capital said this Friday.

D’Harcourt, who remained on duty at the time of the drowning of the young Portuguese descendant, is considered a witness in the criminal case, according to Rennes prosecutors. The assistant witness is considered an intermediate position between the accused and the witness. According to the website, former President Claude d’Harcourt and Deputy President Johann Mougeno were charged with manslaughter. release.

Steve Maia Canisu disappeared in the early morning hours of June 22, 2019 after a police intervention at a party on the pier in Nantes., as part of the Music Festival, a date celebrated nationally with various events throughout France. Five weeks later, the body of a 24-year-old man was found in the Loire River. Steve Maya Kanisou did not know how to swim and drowned.

In addition to Steve Maia Canisou, other people who allegedly suffered injuries during the police intervention fell into the Loire River that night, and in parallel, there was another trial with 84 victims who sought to prove the use of excessive force in this regard.

The Court of Appeal of Rennes (loge) has been annulled in the case of the bad faith murder of Claude d’Harcourt, prefect of the Loire-Atlantique, after the death of Steve Maya Canisou in 2019. Nantes (Fête de la musique), et se voit according to the status de témoin Assistance pic.twitter.com/9sfP0J6vM5

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