Overview
- Michel Daugan was placed under formal investigation and remanded to pretrial detention, prosecutors confirmed late Wednesday, while an implicated municipal councillor was put under judicial control with a ban on entering Plouasne.
- Investigators say four people held Catherine Josselin, 66, on the ground for about 15 minutes on April 7 and tied her legs with a strap and a rope brought to the scene.
- An autopsy found a likely link between the restraint and her death, which prosecutors say supports counts of arbitrary arrest leading to death and group violence causing death without intent.
- Prosecutors report no municipal order or prior medical certificate was secured, even though French law requires a doctor’s certification before an involuntary psychiatric admission.
- Two people who brought the rope and strap were released from custody as the judge-led inquiry continues, and residents in the 1,800-person commune say they are shaken by the death and the mayor’s jailing.