The former striker of the French football team was tried, with his three brothers, for having opened fire and injured three vigils of a nightclub in Essey-lès-Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle in 2011.
Le Monde with AFP
After an investigation that lasted ten years and saw four investigating judges succeed one another, the former striker of the French football team, Tony Vairelles, was sentenced on Monday May 16, to five years of Prison, two of which were suspended, by the Nancy judicial court for violence with weapons committed in 2011 at the exit of a nightclub.
His three brothers were also sentenced to prison sentences: five years, two of which were suspended, too, for Fabrice Vairelles, and three years, two of whom were suspended, for Jimmy and Giovan. They were tried for having opened fire and injured three vigils of a disco in Essey-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle). Fabrice, Jimmy, Giovan and Tony Vairelles responded from “violence in meeting, with premeditation and with weapon”, and incurred up to ten years in prison and 150,000 euros fine.
The three guards were sentenced to suspended prison terms: three months for one and four months for the other two. They were prosecuted for violence in meeting with weapons, in this case “a tear gas bomb, safety barriers and a baton”.
slowness of the investigation
The councils of the Vairelles had also pleaded the nullity of the procedure, arguing of the slowness of the investigation, a request rejected by the court.
During the trial, the public prosecutor of Nancy, François Pérain, had requested three years in prison against Tony Vairelles, three years also against his brother Fabrice and six months firm for Giovan and Jimmy. The prosecution had also required four months suspended for one of the vigils, and releases it for the other two, recognizing the self-defense.
Tony Vairelles, now 49, was selected eight times in the France team, from 1998 to 2000 (1 goal). Colorful attacking on the famous mule cut, he notably wore the colors of Lens, Lyon, Bordeaux, Bastia and Gueugnon.