A complaint lodged by Nice police officer Sandra Bertin, Mayor Philippe Pradal and Christian Estrosi, President of the Nice-Côte-d’Azur Metropole, accusing officials at the Ministry of the Interior of abuse of authority, has been dismissed.
The case was brought after Ms Bertin said she was asked to modify a report of the atrocity of July 14 in which 86 people lost their lives on the Promenade des Anglais.
Jean-Michel Prêtre, the prosecutor of the Republic based in Nice, said he had taken into account the preliminary investigation of the Inspectorate General of the National Police and decided that there were not sufficient charges to prosecute.
The prosecutor added that on the day after the atrocity, “things happened in a particularly tense context, with tired people”. There had been no intention to hide anything, he said. Me Adrien Verrier, Sandra Bertin’s counsel, immediately announced that he would lodge a complaint with the Dean of Investigating Judges.
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