Cédric Prizzon is not going to a priori not be judged in France. Portuguese justice refused to execute the European arrest warrant issued by France towards the 42-year-old Frenchman accused of having killed his partner and his ex-partner in Portugal, the place it’s in pre-trial detention.
The moms of the 2 victims had expressed the want that the suspect be tried in France. “The Portuguese authorities don’t present any info and don’t permit entry to the file regardless that it’s a primary proper for a civil get together,” regretted the lawyer for Angela Legobien’s mom, Elsa Cazor, in a press launch launched yesterday.
An arrest warrant, on the French aspect, issued on March 25
The Court docket of Enchantment of Coimbra (middle) notably justified its refusal by the truth that the alleged crimes had been dedicated “solely or partially on the nationwide territory”. The court docket additionally specifies that authorized proceedings had already been opened in Portugal towards the ex-police officer and former rugby participant.
The Montpellier public prosecutor’s workplace informed AFP on Wednesday that an arrest warrant had been issued on March 25 by the investigating Justice of the Peace in control of the case, on the French aspect, inside the court docket. Cédric Prizzon had been arrested the day earlier than, in Portugal, throughout a highway examine within the Guarda area, within the north of the nation.
Placement in pre-trial detention in Portugal
The Frenchman has, since his arrest, been positioned in pre-trial detention, accused of getting killed Audrey Cavalié, his ex-partner aged 40 and mom of their 12-year-old son, in addition to his accomplice on the time of the information, Angela Legobien, 26 years previous, mom of their 18-month-old daughter.
The our bodies of the 2 French girls had been discovered buried in an remoted place within the district of Bragança, within the northeast of the nation, a couple of hundred kilometers north of the positioning of Cédric Prizzon’s arrest.
