Marseille indictment of a man suspected of murdering Richard Casanova

Claude Chossat, a relative of one of the pillars of Bastia gang called the "Sea Breeze" Francis Mariani, was indicted Friday for "an organized assassination" by the judge Marseille Claude Choquet , it was learned judicial source. Aged 32, he was to be presented to the judge of freedoms and detention and detained overnight. Read Article stubs Marseille indictment of a man suspected of murdering Richard Casanova Tarn: returning home, he falls on the rapist of his daughter examinee stabbed in his high school in the Val-de - Marne: a story of a girl? More Articles on: Criminal Discussion: Criminal He was in custody A view from Tuesday as part of the inquiry into the death April 23, 2008 R Porto-Vecchio (Corse-du-Sud) Richard Casanova, 49 years, another alleged member of the gang Bastia and alleged mastermind of the "case of the century" in Geneva in 1990. Casanova had been shot by snipers at the exit of a garage. Claude Chossat have been confused by a series of telephone records involving the case, stated one source close to the investigation. Déjŕ jailed for murder in October 2008 R Aix-en-Provence by Jean-Claude Tasso, a man linked to Corsican middle, and sentenced last year R 18 months in prison for intimidating jurors in the court of assizes Bouches-du-Rhone R during the criminal case of the same Francis Mariani Chossat Tuesday had been extracted from his cell and detained for R by investigators of the judicial police of Ajaccio and the Central Anti-cons Organized Crime (OCLCO). Killing Casanova R ended the life of this legendary Corsican sponsor, presented as a tutelary figure of Bastia gang of "Sea Breeze" and as alleged mastermind of the theft of 20 million euros May 25, 1990 R l Union Bank of Switzerland in Geneva. Aggrieved, one of the criminals had betrayed his comrades. R Casanova was able to flee, while four accomplices were arrested. Spoils the "case of the century" has never been solved. Insufficient evidence, the alleged burglars were acquitted by the Assize Court of Paris in 2004. The "godfather" Corsican himself had been sentenced in absentia R at 12 years in prison. For years, Richard Casanova had taunted police and magistrates. Her mare had ended in March 2006 at Bastia. However, he was released November 22, 2006 by the Court of Appeal of Paris which was based on the payment enjoyed by his alleged accomplices. APRC bail of 150,000 euros, Richard Casanova was released from prison against the advice of the prosecutor general. AP