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Jacques Moretti faces charges including negligent manslaughter after a New Year fire killed 40 and injured 116 at Le Constellation bar, with authorities citing flight risk.
- Wallis Cantonal Court of Compulsory Measures remanded Jacques Moretti, co-owner and manager of Le Constellation bar, for three months following the fatal January 1 fire in Crans-Montana, Wallis canton.
- Because of an alleged flight risk, Valais Attorney General Beatrice Pilloud requested the arrest on Friday, and public prosecutors ordered Jacques Moretti's preventive detention for three months on Monday.
- Hospital reports indicate the fire at Le Constellation killed 40 people and injured 116, with most of the dead teenagers, on Sunday.
- The presumption of innocence continues to apply to Jacques Moretti, while victims' lawyers criticised the proceedings and Sebastien Fanti said clients could `only be very imperfectly satisfied with the preventive detention of just one manager`.
- Initial findings show handheld sparklers ignited soundproofing foam on the basement ceiling, investigators say the service door was locked from inside and no Le Constellation inspections occurred since 2019.
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The couple of French bar owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti, are the main respondents in the investigation opened after this tragedy.
On Monday, a Swiss court ordered three months of pre-trial detention for a bar manager who caught fire during a New Year's Eve celebration, killing 40 people — mostly young people — and leaving 116 others injured, many of them seriously.
It was a tragedy that struck Switzerland on the night of December 31st to January 1st. A devastating fire ravaged the Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, during New Year's Eve. What was supposed to be a party night turned into a real nightmare, leaving 40 dead and 116 injured. Following the fire, the Valais Court of Coercion Measures (TMC) decided to place Jacques Moretti, the manager of the bar, in pre-trial detention for thre…
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