Overview
- The chambre de l'instruction of the Lyon appeals court ruled there was no basis to prosecute, issuing a new non-lieu that closes the investigation into the 2011 death of gendarme Myriam Sakhri.
- The court’s written reasoning has not yet been released, according to the family’s lawyer Vincent Brengarth.
- Family members reject the suicide finding, alleging workplace harassment and racist abuse, and they describe the latest decision as a failure of courage by the justice system.
- The relatives say they will file a pourvoi en cassation and have signaled a possible application to the European Court if necessary.
- The case had previously resulted in a 2013 non-lieu, upheld in 2014 and 2015, before a 2021 reopening for harassment and involuntary homicide based on new testimony, as the original death scene included a note naming the then-commanding colonel.