The verdict was returned this Tuesday, June 24 in the early evening. The driver who fatally struck the gendarme Mélanie Lemée was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment by the Lot-et-Garonne Assize Court.
The epilogue of a tragic affair. After seven days of hearing, long hours of debate, Yassine El Azizi was sentenced to 30 years in criminal imprisonment by the Lot-et-Garonne Assize Court, where the 31-year-old Tonneinquais trial was opened on Monday, June 16. “No one will be surprised, we will appeal,” reacted the lawyer for accused Me Édouard Martial.
The driver, who caused the death of the gendarme Mélanie Lemée on July 4, 2020 in Port-Sainte-Marie was prosecuted for voluntary violence which led to death without intention to give it on a person depositary of the public authority within the framework of his functions; Transport and detention of narcotics; refusal to comply; driving under drugs; and conduct despite the injunction to restore your license. In recurrence, he incurred life imprisonment.
