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The 38-year-old father indicted last week in the case of arson of the cars of two US Colomiers football coaches at the end of October remains in prison. The judge of freedoms and detention did not accept his arguments.
He had requested a deferred debate before the judge of freedoms and detention. The 38-year-old father, suspected, following an investigation by the banditry suppression brigade, of having ordered, at the end of October, the fires of the vehicles of two US Colomiers football U11 coaches, remains imprisoned. .
According to the investigation, this man, who absolutely denies any involvement in the facts, would not have appreciated that his son was not sufficiently to his liking on the match sheet of his team within US Colomiers. Two days before the fires, for example, he had not been selected to participate in a tournament near Bordeaux.
“This file is based on rumor”
For several months, the accused father had criticized coaches for favoring their children to the detriment of certain licensees like his son. Me Pierre Le Bonjour, this man's lawyer, has already announced that he wants to appeal this detention.
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According to him, “this file is based on rumor and is only held together by pieces of tape. It's not serious!” His client is a man known in the world of Toulouse sport. He indeed holds important positions within two boxing clubs.
Understandably, this man, suspected of having been present during a transfer of money to the alleged perpetrators, claimed that he was elsewhere and was in no way concerned. He was indicted on Wednesday along with two other men.
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A 34-year-old father, who gravitates in the same spheres as him, was also imprisoned. According to the investigation, his vehicle was seen near at least one of the victims' homes.
An arsonist left free
The third man, a 19-year-old boy, admitted to being an arsonist. Defended by Mr. Brice Zanin, he was released under judicial supervision pending trial.
Last week, the Toulouse public prosecutor's office confirmed the links between these fires and US Colomiers. This affair caused a lot of noise at the time. The “Mbappé Project” was on everyone's lips, a phrase intended to designate fanatical parents who see future football stars in their children and cannot bear the frustration of being left on the substitutes' bench.
