A trial which brought the question of “road homicide” back to the forefront. The Paris criminal court sentenced, this Thursday, November 28, to seven years of imprisonment the man who was on trial for having killed in May 2022, drunk while driving a stolen car, the son of star chef Yannick Alléno. In its decision, the court issued against Franky D., 27, a deferred committal warrant with provisional execution, which will lead to his incarceration even in the event of an appeal.
“It is not an involuntary act, it is a road homicide”
At the end of the hearing, the lawyers of the Alléno family expressed their “incomprehension” regarding this decision while Franky D. “had already not appeared during a previous conviction”, insisted Me Gilles August . This “great sentence” will, however, allow, according to Mr. Basile Ader, that “drivers know that, when we do not respect the rules and we run over people, it is not an involuntary act, it is homicide road”.
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Considering that he had “increased risky behavior”, “imprudence” and adopted “inconsistent behavior” leading him “to tragedy”, the court also sentenced the defendant to a cancellation of his driving license and a ban on driving. get it for five years. The young man, who appeared free under judicial supervision, was notably tried before the criminal court for involuntary manslaughter with at least two aggravating circumstances, involuntary injuries and violent theft.
An increase in risky behavior and a hit-and-run
On the evening of May 8, 2022, the driver drove, drunk, without a license in an Audi RS6, a powerful sedan, at 120 km/h in the streets of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, limited to 30 km/h. With this powerful car, stolen a little earlier in the evening, he hits a VTC, then a taxi at a red light. He then lost control of the vehicle and hit a scooter. On board the two-wheeler, Antoine Alléno, 24, and his passenger, Anisa, who were immediately ejected by the violence of the impact. The young man succumbed to his injuries, his helmet was found a few meters away. The passenger is seriously injured.
The driver fled on foot before being arrested. At 1:35 a.m., he was checked with 1.56 g/l of alcohol in his blood. At the end of October, the prosecution had requested eight years of imprisonment accompanied by a committal warrant, as well as a ten-year driving ban against Franky D. In the courtroom, the young man appeared in court. alongside two other defendants, René A., 47 years old, and Sniper G., 20 years old, prosecuted for gang theft. The two men were acquitted by the court, “with the benefit of the doubt” due to insufficiently characterized facts.
Since the loss of his son, Yannick Alléno, has become an ardent defender of the creation of the offense of “road homicide”, a bill which was to pass a second reading in the National Assembly, before the announcement of the dissolution last June by the President of the Republic.
