Overview
- Two men aged 22 and 26, arrested Wednesday in the Lyon area and in the Aube, were indicted Friday and placed in pretrial detention, the Lyon prosecutor's office announced.
- With these charges, nine suspects are now mis en examen and jailed in the case involving the fatal February 12 assault of the 23-year-old.
- A Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned judicial supervision for one previously released suspect and ordered his detention, unifying custody status across the initial seven defendants.
- The information judiciaire cites counts of murder, participation in a criminal association and aggravated violence, and the anti-terror sub-directorate (SDAT) is co-seized of the investigation.
- Le Progrès published a short video showing Deranque shortly after the beating with blood on his hands, while defense lawyers for the two newest defendants dispute the murder qualification and deny any intent to kill.