The driver involved in the Strépy drama, Paolo Falzone, appealed the decision rendered on Wednesday by the Tournai council chamber which ordered his continued detention for two additional months, said the spokesperson for the Mons-Tournai prosecution. , confirming information from Sudinfo. The appeal filed Thursday by Me Discepoli relates to the decision to keep his client in prison and the request for the granting of the electronic bracelet. The file should be examined within a fortnight by the indictment chamber.
The man had darkened, driving his car, in a procession of the carnival of Strépy-Bracquegnies, in the early morning of March 20. It had caused the death of six people and injured dozens of others. Paolo Falzone is charged with manslaughter for five victims and, since August, murder for a sixth. The lawyer for the person concerned, Me Frank Discepoli, had appealed once morest this reclassification decision. The indictment chamber, however, upheld the decision.
