Pascal Porri, one of the alleged members of the Corsican criminal gang of Petit Bar who had escaped a police strike and was arrested last Wednesday, was indicted on Tuesday September 21, announced the prosecutor of Marseille and her lawyer.
He was indicted by an investigating judge of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) of Marseille in two investigations, said Dominique Laurens, prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille.
In the investigation into the attempted assassination of Guy Orsoni on September 13, 2018 in Ajaccio, Pascal Porri was indicted for attempted murder in an organized gang and with premeditation, concealment of theft in an organized gang and participation in an association of criminals, detailed the magistrate.
In this investigation, five people were indicted, including the alleged chef of the Petit Bar, Jacques Santoni, on 1er October 2020. In the investigation into the alleged hidden financial activities of the Petit Bar criminal gang, several counts of aggravated money laundering were identified as well as participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing a crime and a misdemeanor, extortion and attempted extortion, the prosecutor said.
On the run for almost a year
These indictments “Will be contested within the time limit of the procedure”, said in a statement the lawyer of Pascal Porri, Emmanuel Molina, judging “That very weak and hypothetical indices cannot validly and in the long term constitute the solid procedural base that all litigants are entitled to demand from a rigorous and equitable justice”.
On the run for almost a year, Pascal Porri was arrested “Smooth” Last Wednesday around 8:30 p.m. by the GIGN (intervention group of the national gendarmerie), at the restaurant of a five-star hotel in Porto-Vecchio where he was dining with a woman, a source told AFP close to the file.
On September 28, 2020, he and two other alleged lieutenants of Jacques Santoni, Mickaël Ettori and André Bacchiolelli, escaped a police strike, probably benefiting from police leaks. On July 5, André Bacchiolelli was arrested without violence on the outskirts of Ajaccio. He was then indicted on charges of attempted voluntary homicide in an organized gang, criminal association and concealment in an organized gang and imprisoned, then announced the Marseille prosecutor’s office.
Following this failed net, the judicial police in Corsica had been withdrawn from investigations concerning the Petit Bar for the benefit of the gendarmerie. Only Mickaël Ettori remains on the run.
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