The police officer accused of fatally shooting Olivio Gomes, a motorist, in Poissy (Yvelines) in 2020, will be referred to an assize court for intentional homicide, the Versailles Court of Appeal confirmed.
The investigating chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal confirmed, this Tuesday, June 18, the referral to an assize court for intentional homicide of the police officer accused of having fatally shot Olivio Gomes, a motorist he had been followed in 2020 in Poissy.
“The investigating chamber confirmed the indictment,” the public prosecutor told AFP. During the hearing on May 21, Me Ndiogou Mbaye, lawyer for the civil parties, pleaded for confirmation of the referral for murder. The attorney general also requested confirmation.
The police officer’s lawyer did not wish to speak to AFP. Contacted, Me Ndiogou Mbaye did not respond late Wednesday afternoon.
Police officer denies homicidal intent
The BAC night police officer from Paris is accused of having killed Olivio Gomes after following him to the bottom of his home in the Beauregard city, on the night of October 16 to 17, 2020. During the investigation , the police officer admitted to being the perpetrator of the shooting but denied any intention of homicide.
Olivio Gomes’ car had been spotted by the civil servant, aged 29 at the time of the incident, and two of his colleagues from the BAC, “swerving between the lanes in the middle of heavy traffic” on the ring road Parisian, according to statements by police officers to the IGPN, the “police of police”, cited in the indictment order consulted by AFP.
For several kilometers, the police followed the car on the ring road then on the A13, without being noticed. A first version of the police spoke of a refusal to comply.
The police version contradicted by the cameras
Their version was contradicted by the exploitation of surveillance cameras on the ring road, showing that Olivio Gomes’ vehicle was driving fast but without violating the highway code, indicates the indictment order.
The driver then stopped his car in Poissy, below his residence. Explaining that the driver restarted and rushed at him, the accused police officer indicated that he had opened fire.
Open judicial information
Olivio Gomes was hit by three shots: in the shoulder, neck and left shoulder blade. The second, fatal, perforated both of his lungs.
A judicial investigation for murder was opened on October 21, 2020 and the police officer indicted and placed under judicial supervision. According to the conclusions of the investigating judge, these three shots were not a “proportionate” solution.
