Paolo Falzone, the driver of the BMW, was under the influence of alcohol but not drugs

This is what Damien Verheyen, deputy prosecutor of the King of Mons, indicates this Thursday to our colleagues from “Soir”. Thus, the results of the toxicological analyzes “confirm the conclusions of the first analyzes carried out, namely an absence of narcotics consumption and a very low blood alcohol level”.

As a reminder, Paolo Falzone, at the wheel of his BMW whose engine had been “boosted”had hit the carnival procession of Strépy-Bracquenies in the early morning on March 20, killing six people and injuring around thirty others.

The Louviérois is being prosecuted for manslaughter and involuntary bodily injury resulting in death in the context of a road accident. He is currently being held in Tournai prison.

Me Frank Discepoli, his lawyer, is not yet certain that he will ask for his release this Friday when his client will appear before the council chamber. The latter will have to decide whether or not to keep him in preventive detention. “Our position on the request for release is not yet established. It will depend on the report of the investigating judge. If, depending on the progress of the investigation, we realize that it is necessary for him to remain in detention, I will not ask for it. We go there humbly…”.


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