Six years after the murderous explosion on rue de Trévise in Paris, the town hall and the condominium trial are tried by the criminal court.
It is official: the town hall of Paris will be tried for “homicides and involuntary injuries” after the deadly explosion of rue de Trévise in January 2019. Three investigating judges ordered the judgment of the city as well as the syndic of the co -ownership, the CIPA agency, by the criminal court.
“It is accused of the city of Paris on the one hand for having committed imprudence and negligence faults by not diligent the investigations necessary to determine the cause of the sagging of the sidewalk in front of the porch of n ° 6 rue de Trévis, and by not carrying out the work necessary to remedy it,” said the Paris prosecutor’s office. Sussement has indeed caused the rupture of a gas pipeline at the origin of the explosion. The drama of January 12, 2019 left four dead, including two firefighters, and 400 victims. 66 people were injured.
The city disputes its responsibility
“A preparatory meeting is scheduled for March with the parties to fix the procedural calendar. The trial could be held in 2026,” said the prosecution TF1/LCI. A first hearing before the criminal court is also scheduled for late May.
“This is a cross stage, this trial will allow us to obtain truths,” said Franceinfo Friday Linda Zaourar, the president of the association Victims and survivors of the explosion of rue de Trévise. She specifies that the victims having been the most seriously injured “are still not completely compensated”. The families of the most heavily affected by the explosion unable to regain their homes last fall.
“This dismissal will allow a contradictory debate to the hearing, during which the criminal court will not be able to ignore the inconsistencies of criminal expertise, and their discrepancy with civil expertise which retains a very different causality of the accident”, reacted Sabrina Goldman, lawyer of the city of Paris, cited by TFI/LCI. “Even if the City has compensated the victims as part of the Framework Agreement, it challenges its responsibility and will be keen to explain it.”