In on Monday, dead on Tuesday
On Monday, Mauricio K., 44, was taken into custody at the Saint-Ouen police station. On Tuesday he came out dead. Prosecutors speak of a cardiac arrest, his father has filed a complaint, an investigating judge has been appointed.
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Monday 26 October, 2.50 pm, a fast-food restaurant in Saint-Ouen. A man insults a woman, she wants to press charges, the municipal police arrive. Mauricio K., 44, a house painter who came from Angola at the age of eight, has been drinking: 1.37 mg per litre of exhaled air. A doctor rules his condition compatible with custody. The Bobigny prosecutor’s office holds him for sexist abuse and threats against police officers.
A telescopic baton, then the floor
According to prosecutors, he refuses to be searched, struggles, tries to strike. The officers answer with a telescopic baton, left leg and ribs, then pin him to the ground. Two doctors see him during the night and note “nothing in particular”. On Tuesday, in the middle of the afternoon, he is found unconscious in his cell. The firefighters cannot revive him. Death is recorded at 4 pm.
An investigating judge since Thursday
Wednesday morning, the autopsy: no traumatic injury “at the origin of death”, say prosecutors, who mention “a prior cardiac condition” and await toxicology. The same day, his father files a complaint for violence leading to death. His lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, speaks of “serious violence” and of a man with no known illness. On Thursday, prosecutors handed the inquiry to an investigating judge; the IGPN watchdog stays on the case. What happened between Monday’s search and Tuesday’s cell?
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Based on France 3 Paris Île-de-France, ICI / AFP, Le Parisien and Actu17