For the Marseille Criminal Court, the ultras groups of Olympique de Marseille (OM) do have a responsibility in the violent attack against La Commanderie, the training center of the Marseille club, on January 30, 2021. Monday March 22, after a five-hour hearing, he sentenced the two ultras leaders Christophe Bourguignon and Rachid Zeroual to nine-month prison terms, five of which were suspended. Mehdi Djelti, the treasurer of a third group, Marseille too powerful (MTP), guilty of having thrown a smoke into the security headquarters of the center, he is sentenced to one year in prison. Suspensions and discharges were pronounced against the other three supporters accused.
“Me, I always confuse the Ultras and the Winners. “ The president of the 11e chambre is not used to the business of supporters and does not intend to become so. For Nathalie Marty, there is no question of giving in to the codes of “ultra culture”, nor of believing that the attack on the OM training center, for “Make your discontent heard by the leaders and players of the club”, is a normal act.
To Christophe Bourguignon, president of Commando Ultra 84, one of the six defendants of the day, she recalls “That being president of an association implies responsibilities”. To Rachid Zéroual, vice-president of the South Winners, whose voice is carried away in front of the court, she strikes, scathing: “You are not doing your show. Here it is a court. “
Figures of the Velodrome
During the first trial targeting OM supporters, on February 24, only three of the fourteen defendants lived in Marseille. This Monday, the court judges figures from the Stade-Vélodrome. Six men arrested and taken into police custody a few days after the incident, following the analysis of CCTV images from La Commanderie. Among them, the leaders of the two most important groups of supporters of the south turn.
Bourguignon, 49 years old, “Ultra” tattoo on the neck, shorter hair and a lean figure. Zeroual, 50, well trimmed white beard, hoarse voice, gait made difficult by blood cancer. The treasurer of the MTP, Virage Nord group, Mehdi Djelti, 34, is also there. Like the former “capo” of the Winners – the one who holds the microphone at the stadium – Christophe Canovas known as “Cano”, 41, or his successor Hamza Baggour, 25, beautiful face and a start to his career in cinema.
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