Procès Mahé : trois militaires français condamnés à de la prison avec sursis.
Un acquittement et trois peines de prison avec sursis. C’est ce que la cour d’assises de Paris a prononcé vendredi après-midi au terme du procès des quatre militaires français jugés pour le meurtre en 2005 d’un criminel ivoirien présumé, Firmin Mahé.
Le colonel Eric Burgaud © Maxppp
La cour d’assises de Paris a prononcé vendredi un acquittement et trois peines de prison avec sursis au procès des quatre militaires français jugés pour le meurtre en 2005 d’un criminel ivoirien présumé, Firmin Mahé. Le colonel Eric Burgaud, qui avait transmis l’ordre de tuer Mahé, est condamné à cinq ans avec sursis, l’adjudant-chef Guy Raugel, qui l’a étouffé avec un sac plastique, à quatre ans avec sursis, le brigadier-chef Johannes Schnier, qui le maintenait, à un an avec sursis.
Le brigadier Lianrifou Ben Youssouf, qui conduisait le véhicule blindé où se sont déroulés les faits, a été acquitté. Le prononcé du verdict a été accueilli par des cris de protestation des Ivoiriens présents dans la salle. “Scandaleux“, “honte à la France“, ont-ils lancé.
Translation/traduction by/par Bill Nelson
‘Scandalous, shame on France’ is the reaction to the military sentencing in Paris of several high ranking officers. Firmin Mahé, an alledged Ivorian criminal was murdered in 2005 by suffocation by French military personnel under the orders of colonel Eric Raugel (above). Three officers were given prison sentences ranging from one to five years, all suspended, while one officer was acquitted. France’s military involvement in the Ivory Coast has always been shrouded in controversy by their summary justice where the military might has been used frequently to quell unrest. Many civilians have died, including students from other countries including Gabon who were studying in Abidjan during several periods of unrest where governments have been tacidly supported by France.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
