Prosecution seeks penalties for LFI deputy

The prosecution requested two years of suspended prison and a five-year ineligibility with immediate execution against Sebastien Delogu, an LFI deputy, who was tried in Marseille for having disclosed private documents stolen from a business executive during a social conflict.

Delogu invokes right to silence

Before the correctional court, Sebastien Delogu, a former candidate for the mayor of Marseille in the last municipal elections, invoked his right to silence. He simply offered his apologies for the facts, without explaining his motivations at the time.

Charges against Delogu

Since 2022, he has been a deputy and is being tried for possession of goods obtained through theft and disclosure of personal information allowing the identification or localization of a person and exposing them to a direct risk of harm.

Prosecutor's justification for penalties

The prosecution requested two years of suspended prison, a fine of 10,000 euros, and mainly a complementary penalty of five-year ineligibility with provisional execution. The prosecutor Audrey Jouaneton justified the requested ineligibility by "the gravity of the facts," stating that the court could not "allow him to continue exercising" his mandate.

Social conflict in Marseille cleaning company

The facts date back to 2024, during a social conflict in a Marseille cleaning company, Laser Propreté, responsible for the Saint-Charles station. On September 19, 2024, several representatives of the staff invaded the office of its manager, Isidore Aragones, who had been appointed a week earlier to try to calm the conflict, while garbage was piling up in the station due to a strike by employees.

Stolen documents and Delogu's posts

This latter, 79 years old, a civil party, was previously the head of Marseille and local president of the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (Crif). He later discovered that a file had been stolen from him, containing numerous printed emails. Sebastien Delogu, who was not present in Isidore Aragones' offices on September 19, posted some of these documents on his Instagram account on September 24.

Delogu's disclosures and Aragones' concerns

The deputy for the northern neighborhoods of Marseille, a fervent defender of the Palestinian cause, disclosed, among other things, Isidore Aragones' plan to go to Israel to testify to his "recognition" of Tsahal. Isidore Aragones considered that these publications "put him in danger" and made him "a target."

Prosecutor criticizes use of social media

On Wednesday, October 21, the prosecutor denounced "the instrumentalization of a social conflict" to "throw the opprobrium in an abominable way" on Isidore Aragones "because he belongs to the Jewish community." She also noted "the multiplicative power of social networks" in this case.