“Hateful and threatening comments”… For several days, a former magistrate of the Châteauroux judicial court has been the target of violent remarks “both on the internet and on social networks” following the murder of Matisse Marchais in Châteauroux. As recalled by the Prosecutor General of the Court of Appeal Eric Maillaud, in a press release, the 15-year-old teenager died on April 27. “following stabbings received from Rahman M., a minor of the same age, leaving behind a bereaved family”.
Two days later, the suspect was indicted for intentional homicide and placed in pre-trial detention. On the Internet, some criticize the magistrate for having released him “ in connection with previous criminal cases.
The magistrate insulted “unfairly delivered to the general public”
Following the insults uttered against him, two magistrates took up his defense. They deplore that the name of “this colleague” either “unfairly delivered to the general public” while “never intervened, in any capacity whatsoever, in the civil or criminal proceedings concerning the young Rahman M.”.
They add : “We can only be indignant at the fact (…) of violently criticizing the legitimate action of magistrates who, in strict compliance with the texts and international commitments of France, do not consider the incarceration of a young minor perpetrator of offenses – whatever their origin – only with the legitimate prudence that everyone has the right to expect”.
