On Monday morning, the general public prosecutor’s workplace requested that the case associated to Conner Rousseau (Vooruit) be declared inadmissible. The trial in Dendermonde revolves round racist statements concerning the Roma group made by Rousseau within the Sint-Niklaas cafe. The previous chairman of the celebration will not be current in particular person, however his lawyer agrees to the general public prosecutor’s request.
On September 2 final yr, the then president of Vooruit made racist statements in a restaurant in Sint-Niklaas. It was particularly aimed on the Roma group. He didn’t draw back from utilizing foul language. He clearly expressed his displeasure to a number of officers current, who took word of his phrases.
Bodycam footage of his statements can be accessible. “I believe you possibly can cope with that lots more durable,” he says. “You want to use your mattress much more. These Romains or different gypsies stand right here day by day with their mattress or a kettle of chips on the bottle. You could not do something with that, with these guys.”
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His phrases didn’t go unnoticed. An official report was ready and the case was investigated by the general public prosecutor’s workplace. He dominated that there have been certainly racist and xenophobic statements. The controversy that arose over this ultimately price him his place as president at Vooruit. He was adopted by Melissa Depraetere.
Steps taken
Nevertheless, the general public prosecutor’s workplace didn’t imagine {that a} trial was crucial and imposed a number of measures on him. For instance, he needed to go to the Dossin barracks in Mechelen and he needed to discuss to some Roma teams. He acquired a optimistic ultimate report, which dropped his felony prices. (Learn extra under the image)
The trial started on Monday morning in Dendermonde. – © pvs
Lastly it got here to trial. The non-profit group Roma from Brussels referred to as Conner Rousseau immediately. The case got here earlier than Dendermonde court docket on Monday for a preliminary listening to. Rousseau was not personally current in court docket, however was represented by his lawyer An-Sofie Raes.
There is no such thing as a celebration concerned
The general public prosecutor’s workplace shortly moved to declare the case inadmissible. Rousseau’s lawyer utterly agrees with this. “The file is totally unauthorized. There is no such thing as a authorized involvement and the non-profit group will not be an concerned celebration.” Raes regrets that the case continues to be in court docket after her consumer “yielded to sincere to the phrases entered.”
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Abderrahim Lahlali, the lawyer of the non-profit group Roma, argued that crimes had been dedicated. He additionally requests that the file towards Conner, with that evening’s report, be added to his file. The general public prosecutor didn’t wish to touch upon this. “It is a technique to entry these paperwork,” the prosecutor mentioned. “The intent will not be for oblique victims to have entry to paperwork that don’t concern them.”
The chairman will think about the file and rule on the deserves of the case on June 24.
2024-06-10 08:06:49
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