"We're Heading for Contempt": Patrick Balkany's Heated Police-Driver Trial
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The trial of the former Mayor of Levallois-Perret was interrupted on Thursday at the Nanterre Correctional Court after a sharp outburst by the defendant concerning the use of municipal police officers as drivers
The former mayor LR de Levallois is prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds, accused of knowingly assigning municipal police officers to perform personal duties.
In January, the Public Prosecutor's Office had appealed the decision of the Penal Enforcement Court, which allowed the former mayor of Levallois, 77 years old, to serve the end of his sentence at home.
At the trial for embezzlement of public funds, Patrick Balkany lost his temper, pushing the president to suspend the hearing. The former mayor of Levallois-Perret, 77, is accused of using
The 77-year-old former Mayor of Levallois-Perret appeared in this second section for knowingly assigning municipal police officers to personal duties between 2010 and 2015, including trips to the National Assembly or airports.
On Thursday, the Rouen Court of Appeal confirmed the conditional release granted to the former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hautes-de-Seine) for the 15 months in prison which he still has to serve in another case.
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