French judge behind bars over claims of links with Corsican mafia and misuse of public funds
A judge close to justice minister Éric Dupond-Moretti, and who is suspected of having been compromised by the Corsican mafia and of having misused more than 100,000 euros of public money, was remanded in custody in the early hours of Saturday April 6th. Hélène Gerhards – who denies any wrongdoing - had earlier been formally placed under investigation for some ten alleged offences as the judicial probe into the case continues. As Fabrice Arfi reports, it is unprecedented for a serving French judge to be remanded in custody in this way.
AA French judge suspected of having been compromised by the Corsican mafia and of having misused more than 100,000 euros in public money was remanded in custody in the early hours of Saturday April 6th. Earlier the judge, Hélène Gerhards, had been placed under formal investigation for some ten alleged offences including “misuse of public money”, “influence peddling”, “criminal conspiracy”, forging public documents and “money laundering”.
