Antoine Alléno died on May 8, 2022 in Paris, hit by a car while he was stationary on a scooter. The driver's trial for “involuntary homicide” opens this Thursday, October 31 at the Paris Criminal Court.
Two years after the death in a traffic accident of Antoine Alléno, son of the famous three-star chef Yannick Alléno, the time for the trial has arrived. The driver, Franky D., as well as his two alleged accomplices, appear this Thursday, October 31 at the Paris Criminal Court.
The first is notably on trial for involuntary manslaughter – in the absence of the existence of the offense of road homicide, Yannick Alléno's hobby horse – the two others for theft in a meeting.
“They want the word guilt to be spoken”
Antoine Alléno's family “is not waiting for the truth, because we know it. They are simply waiting for a sanction that is appropriate, but unfortunately it is impossible”, explains Philippe Courtois, lawyer for the Alléno family, this Thursday morning on BFMTV. “When you lose a child, it's the worst punishment in life. What they want is for the word of guilt to be spoken.”
The facts date back to May 8, 2022. Around 11:15 p.m., Antoine Alléno is riding an electric scooter, stopped at a red light in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Franky D., driver of an Audi RS6 which has just been stolen in front of the Coya restaurant, rue du Bac, traveled nearly 3km at 120 km/h in the streets of Paris, from the place of the theft.
Arriving in front of the red light where Antoine Alléno is, Franky D. hits the driver of a Skoda Octavia from behind, at around 75 km/h. Under the violence of the impact, the two cars almost turned around. In its momentum, the Audi RS6 mows down Antoine Alléno and his passenger, perched on the scooter.
“Massive alcoholism”
After the collision, the driver, Franky D., tried to flee on foot, before being stopped by an off-duty police officer. He was driving even though he never had a driving license and was intoxicated: his alcohol level was estimated at 1.69 grams per liter of blood at the time of the events.
During the investigation, the main defendant spoke of “fragmented memories”, due to his “massive alcoholism”. But the use of video surveillance images from the Coya restaurant where he had spent the evening with several members of his family does not show any sign of intoxication.
At the time of the theft of the Audi RS6, he showed a certain control of his movements by climbing onto a sidewalk to flee, before punching the restaurant valet several times in the head who had fled. thrown inside the passenger compartment, on the driver's side, to try to pull out the ignition keys.
He then hit two taxis during his escape, before arriving near this traffic light, at the corner of avenue Bosquet and rue Cognac-Jay. He claimed not to have known that he had hit a scooter and its two passengers.
Eleven civil parties
Franky D., aged 27, denies the theft of the Audi RS6. He claims that the valet at the “Coya” restaurant got the wrong keys by giving him the Audi key and not his own. His criminal record includes six convictions for theft and attempted theft, concealment of theft and fraud.
The two other defendants, Franck A. and Sniper, aged respectively 47 and 20 years old and dismissed for stealing the Audi RS6 from a meeting, deny the facts. The first is Franky D.'s father-in-law, while the second is his brother-in-law.
The three belong to the community of travelers, and are domiciled in Val d'Oise.
Furthermore, eleven civil parties are present in this trial, including the father and brother of Antoine Alléno, as well as his girlfriend and the young woman who was with him on the scooter at the time of the events.