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The man accused of having attacked a mayor in Isère has confess. (Illustration photo)
Divest facts – The case has aroused the dread of the political class. The man arrested after the violent assault of the mayor of Villeneuve-de-Marc, in Isère, admitted to having shot him with the ” scrap “ While denying having wanted to kill him, the Grenoble prosecutor said this Sunday 10 August.
This 60 -year -old told investigators to have “Farter a lead” Because of a dispute opposing the mayor since the collapse of the roof of a municipal building on a garden shed belonging to him, reported Étienne Mantaux during a press conference.
Wednesday August 6 in the afternoon, the mayor of the village Gilles Dussaut was struck with the chest and arm with a stabbing weapon. His attacker then returned with a vehicle that had rushed to him, as well as on his son who came to assist him. The two men had managed to avoid it and the car had finished in a wall, while its driver fled on foot, recalled the magistrate.
Hospitalized in critical condition with injuries in terms of “The heart area”the 63-year-old councilor is out of danger and is expected to get out of the hospital in the coming days, he said.
“No homicide intention”
One of his neighbors was arrested two days later in woods in the town of Charantonnay, 14 kilometers from the assault that was strongly condemned, including by President Emmanuel Macron.
During his police custody, this man admitted to having struck the mayor who would have “Watched with a sadistic smile”. “There was a break in my mind”he said, while claiming to have targeted “The scapula” and not have “No homicide intention”. He also assured that he returned to the scene to see what he had done and that the mayor and his son were “Throw” Under his vehicle, reported the magistrate.
Before the investigators, he said that “It was too far away and wanting to compensate the mayor, but he says it very quickly and victimized”explained Étienne Manteaux. He repeated “Be victim of injustice”citing the 2021 material conflict which was «Enkysté» lack of solutions. “What is protruding through the auditions of police custody is really a persecutive experience, a tendency to reinterpret what he lives”insisted the magistrate.
The prosecution requested its indictment, in particular for attempted murder on a person depositary of the public authority and required “Given the severity of the facts” his placement in pre -trial detention. He was heard at midday by an instructor magistrate who will decide on prosecution.
