Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, was killed on September 8 in Grenoble while trying to stop a driver from fleeing.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested last week in Portugal.
It was handed over to France on Thursday evening.
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Grenoble: a municipal agent shot dead by a driver after an accident
Nearly three months after the tragedy, the suspect is in the hands of French investigators. Thursday, November 28, Abdoul Diallo, the 25-year-old man suspected of the murder in September of Lilian Dejean, municipal agent in Grenoble, was handed over to French justice, a week after his arrest in Portugal, an airport source said on Friday.
Abdoul Diallo arrived in France on Thursday evening at Roissy airport, a week after his arrest in Póvoa de Lanhoso, 70 kilometers north of Porto. After 74 days on the run and subject to a European arrest warrant, he did not oppose his handover to France, according to the Portuguese police.
Identity papers found in suspect’s car
Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old father, was shot in the chest while trying to hold back a man who had caused a traffic accident while driving a powerful rental car registered in Poland.
Identity papers in the name of Abdoul Diallo, residing in the suburbs of Grenoble, were found in the car abandoned by its driver, who had fled on foot. Lilian Dejean died shortly after in hospital.
According to the judicial police in Isère, more than forty investigators participated in the search for the suspect.
19 convictions on his criminal record
The Grenoble prosecutor, Eric Vaillant, specified that the suspect had 19 convictions on his criminal record, many for acts of violence but also for drug trafficking.
The drama had all the more resonance in Isère as it occurred in the middle of a black series for the metropolis of Grenoble, where, according to the authorities, a “gang war” between drug traffickers.
