Already convicted of a car trafficking case, Nicolas D., 35, appeared on Tuesday in front of the Paris instruction chamber for the murder of the goalkeeper of a social hotel. The ex-policeman claims his innocence and requests a release, but justice has decided to keep in detention.
Indicated on July 10, 2024 in Paris for “murder in organized gang, kidnapping, forcible sequestration and association of criminals”, Nicolas D. was imprisoned. The former police officer is prosecuted for his presumed involvement in the murder of the Night Watchman of the New France Social Hotel located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, strangled to death by a group of thugs in June 2024. The case dates back to the night of June 21 to 22, when a police patrol discovers an imposing safe safe in Keller Street (XI). The manager of the social hotel located not far from there, is approaching the police and declares that it is his trunk. The agents find inside the establishment the lifeless body of the 64 -year -old goalkeeper, tied up on his bed in his lodge. The autopsy reveals that the victim died by asphyxiation, relays The Parisian.
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-Asked, Jean-Michel, the owner of the hotel, assures that the trunk contains only a few thousand euros, watches and checkbook. But in 2022, he kept 15 golden ingots of one kilo, worth around one million euros. Curiously, the hotel had been the subject of a burglary attempt a few days earlier. Nicolas D. is among the knowledge of Jean-Michel who was informed of the content of this trunk. The former police officer had participated in a search in the hotel. “The two men are very linked. They had lunch regularly together and Jean-Michel continued to support him when his friend was in prison and even helped pay his lawyer, “said, adding that the two even took a pot together in a bar in the neighborhood, the evening of the facts.
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It is thanks to anonymous information that investigators from the judicial police discover the involvement of Nicolas D. in this case. Threatened by one of his accomplices in the car traffic case that made him sing, the ex-police officer would have provided him information on this trunk. Lack of pot for thieves, the operation turned to drama. The criminals would be on the run in Morocco. Nicolas D. has always denied the facts. “It’s a crazy story. I go from the status of victim to that of author. It is incredible and incredible. I’ve been hitting my head against the walls for ten months and I am not heard, ”he exasperates Tuesday, during his appearance. His lawyer, Me David-Olivier Kaminski, pleads for his release. But justice has ordered its continued detention.
