The Minister of Justice Didier Migaud said on Friday he was “in favor” of the creation of a “road homicide offense”, and “as quickly as possible”, the day after the conviction of a man for having killed in stealing the son of star chef Yannick Alléno.
As he was asked on TF1 when this new offense would see the light of day, the Minister of Justice replied: “as quickly as possible”.
This “proposal seems entirely legitimate to me, I will do everything in my power to see it come to fruition,” he assured.
The Minister of Justice spoke the day after the sentencing of a 27-year-old man to seven years of imprisonment for having killed, in May 2022, drunk and behind the wheel of a stolen car, the son of Yannick Alléno.
Didier Migaud indicated that in the morning he would receive the chef, who is leading the fight for the introduction into the penal code of the offense of road homicide.
“I can understand his anger and his emotion,” he said the day after the judgment of the Paris criminal court, while recalling that, as Keeper of the Seals, he was “absolutely prohibited from commenting on a court decision.”
The defendant was appearing for manslaughter with at least two aggravating circumstances, involuntary injuries and violent robbery.
“The Alléno family expected this gentleman to leave with handcuffs to go to prison. I think that would have done them a lot of good,” explained their lawyer, Me Gilles August. This “great sentence” will, however, allow, according to Mr. Basile Ader, also lawyer for the Alléno family, that “the drivers know that, when we do not respect the rules and we run over people, it is not an act involuntary, it is a road homicide.
Since the death of his son Antoine, then aged 24, Yannick Alléno has become an ardent defender of the creation of an offense of road homicide. A transpartisan bill was to be examined at second reading in the National Assembly before dissolution in June.
The text provided for the creation of an offense constituted in the event of a fatal accident caused by a motorist following deliberately risky driving. A traffic injury offense was also planned.
The bill did not, however, modify the main penalties incurred, which remain seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros if there is a single aggravating circumstance, and 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros. There are several.
Parliamentarians also planned to increase penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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