Death of Nahel: Public Prosecutor's Office Appeals in Cassation Against the Requalification of the Facts as "Violence"

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The General Prosecutor's Office of Versailles, as well as the defence of the accused policeman, challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles on 5 March.

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The Versailles Court of Appeal ordered, on 5 March, that the accused policeman, initially charged with "murder", be finally tried for "violence that led to death without intent to give it."

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On Monday, 16 March, the General Prosecutor's Office of Versailles filed an appeal in cassation against the requalification of the murder of the policeman who killed Nahel Merzouk as a violent act. The lawyers of the civil parties also contest this decision of the Court of Appeal of 5 March.

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A mural in tribute to Nahel Merzouk in the Pablo-Picasso district of Nanterre (Symbolic image) (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images) Getty Images. The Versailles public prosecutor's office filed an appeal on March 13 against the decision of the Versailles Court of Appeal. The latter had reclassified the charges against the police officer who killed Nahel Merzouk. Instead of a murder trial, the Court of Appeal had ordered on Ma…