Omar Raddad case: towards a legal twist? – franceinfo

Published on 10/12/2022 20:57 Updated on 10/12/2022 23:26 Article written by N.Perez, R.Michelot, V.Llado, W.Kamli, E.Rassat, S. Auvray, E .De Pourquery, E.Noël – France 2 France Télévisions Omar Raddad will know on Thursday, October 13 if he is entitled to a new trial. The gardener, sentenced for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal then pardoned, filed a request for review and hopes that the culprits will be found. What if the key to the Raddad mystery had been forgotten on the shelves of the Grasse courthouse (Alpes-Maritimes) for twenty years? A secret investigation into a small bar in Cagnes-sur-Mer, to which Ghislaine Marchal, the victim, had her habits, was carried out. At its head, two figures of Nice banditry, who could be involved in the murder of the sexagenarian. In September 2002, a woman told the gendarmes of Nice that Ghislaine Marchal was a regular at the bar in question, to the point of being familiar with the bosses. She claims that they are the ones who organized the burglary at the victim’s home. According to Jean-Michel Décugis, journalist and co-author of a book on the case, the informant said to have “seen arriving, in particular Marcel B. covered in blood, the very day of the murder of Ghislaine Marchal.” The gendarmes think the informant reliable, but had not been authorized by the prosecutor to continue their investigation two years after the start of it. “Perhaps that could have exonerated him or brought elements which confirmed the statements of Omar Raddad”, confides one of the gendarmes. He wonders why his investigation remained secret. The two suspects have since died, but Omar Raddad’s lawyer is asking for expertise. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link