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Mayotte: a Business Leader Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Ordering the Assault of a Lawyer in 2015

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Three accomplices in the attack were sentenced to sentences ranging from 30 months to five years in prison, while the leader of the IBS contests the decision and announces an appeal.

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Three accomplices in the attack were sentenced to sentences ranging from 30 months to five years in prison, while the leader of the IBS contests the decision and announces an appeal.

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On Tuesday, January 20, the Mamoudzou Judicial Court delivered its verdict in the case of the assault on lawyer Emma Buttet, who was attacked on September 2, 2015, in the stairwell of her office in Hauts-Vallons. Ten years after the incident, Théophane Narayanin, known as "Guito," who was absent from the hearing, was convicted of ordering the attack. As a reminder, the assault stemmed from a land dispute between the company IBS, headed by Théoph…

Mamoudzou, 20 Jan 2026 (AFP) – The leader of IBS, a major company in the BTP sector in Mayotte, was sentenced on Tuesday by the Mamoudzou Correctional Court to five years in prison for having commissioned the assault of a lawyer in 2015. The court granted this sentence a warrant of deferred filing and [...] L'article Mayotte: a head of a company sentenced to five years in prison for having commissioned the assault of a lawyer appeared first on M…

The court of Mamoudzou handed down its judgement on 20 January in the case of the aggression of Mr. Emma Buttet in 2015. After rejecting the nullities raised for the purpose of displacing the case, the court ruled on the public suit and on the civil interests concerning five defendants. Theophane Narayanin, known as "Guito", was found guilty of participation in an association of criminals. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, with a def…

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Le Journal De Mayotte broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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