Thomas S., an OM supporter, a 22-year-old warehouse worker, accused of having thrown a stone on Sunday evening towards Lyon supporters’ buses near the Vélodrome stadium, was placed in pre-trial detention this Tuesday pending his trial on November 23.
The young subscriber from the north turn, who was wearing a hood when he was arrested in flagrante delicto, had admitted the facts in police custody and requested time to prepare his defense during his immediate appearance in the afternoon before the Marseille criminal court.
he explained to the police that he had returned a projectile towards the Lyonnais which had fallen on his foot. Already convicted of driving under the influence of cannabis, he faces five years in prison for “violence involving the use or threat of a weapon during a sporting event”.
Another OM fan placed under judicial supervision
Another Marseille supporter Patrice G., a 50-year-old executive, was placed under judicial supervision pending his trial on January 23. Until then, he will be banned from playing at the Vélodrome stadium and will have to report to the police station at half-time on match days.
He admitted to having thrown a smoke bomb in the direction of the Lyon supporters’ bus, a projectile according to him thrown from the bus stuck in traffic amid shouts and racist insults.
“They reacted to racist gestures and insulting acts. Tension rose when the buses stopped. The Lyon supporters opened the doors and came down to make Nazi salutes and make outrageous remarks”, said before the hearing Me Sandrine Prosperini, lawyer for the incarcerated supporter: “We must not make the amalgamation and let them take for the others. »
The perpetrator(s) of the jet on the bus of the players still wanted
The Marseille prosecutor’s office has also opened an investigation for “provocation and incitement to racial hatred” after Nazi salutes and monkey cries uttered by Lyon supporters in the stands, after a referral by the Marseille police chief to title of article 40 of the code of criminal procedure.
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The perpetrator(s) of the beer bottle throwing which exploded the window of the Lyon players’ and staff’s bus are still wanted by Marseille departmental security. They face ten years in prison for injuring coach Fabio Grosso. The OL coach had 30 days of ITT after multiple cuts requiring around ten stitches on the top of his face.
Another Marseille supporter arrested at the entrance to the Vélodrome on Sunday in possession of 28 smoke bombs was also banned from the stadium for 18 months after an appearance before the prosecution to admit guilt.
