The Evry penalty judge considered that the former mayor of Levallois-Perret had “obviously became aware of his shortcomings during the previous measurement of sentence”, who had renewed him in Prison in early February.
Le Monde with AFP
The former mayor of Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine), Patrick Balkany, will benefit from parole and must leave the Fleury-Mérogis prison (Essonne) on Wednesday, according to a decision of the judge of Application of Evry penalties, made public Monday May 30.
After five months of detention for tax fraud, Mr. Balkany, 73, had been released under an electronic bracelet for health reasons, but was, finally, returned to prison on February 7 due to many breaches to his Obligations, according to justice.
The Evry penalty application of the penalties granted this new parole, without electronic bracelet. “This decision is impeccable in law, because nothing justifies the maintenance of a 73 -year -old man who has already served two -thirds of his sentence,” reacted his lawyers, M e Robin Binsard and Romain Dieudonné at the France-Presse agency (AFP).
monthly payments to settle the sums due
The residence of Mr. Balkany is fixed in his manor of Giverny (Eure) and he must respond to the summons of the judge to apply Evreux penalties and receive visits to the penitentiary insertion and probation service (SPIP ). “He clearly became aware of his shortcomings during the previous measure of sentence development, breaches sanctioned by a new incarceration that is difficult to bear,” according to the decision of the court consulted by AFP.
Furthermore, the judge believes that Mr. Balkany “set up, jointly with his wife, since February, monthly payments in total amount of 1,300 euros in order to pay the sums due to the tax administration under the offenses committed “.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Evry, who had opposed this release, can appeal the decision. During the hearing before the penalties’ application court, the prosecution had considered that Mr. Balkany “still manifests his opposition to the principle of his conviction, despite his final nature, which does not acknowledge compliance with the measure of ‘Development of Self -required sentence “.
two thirds of the sentence carried out as of July 3
The placement under his wife’s electronic bracelet, still hospitalized since his suicide attempt in February, had also been revoked in February.
The Balkany spouses had been found guilty of not having paid wealth tax between 2010 and 2015 and having paid an income tax amply undervalued between 2009 and 2014, for an estimated total of 4 million euros in elected sums.
A few weeks after his imprisonment, the former elected representatives of Republicans (LR) filed a parole request through his lawyers in early April. The end of Patrick Balkany’s penalty is set for April 21, 2023. Since February, he has executed half of his sentence and will have carried out two thirds of his sentence from July 3.