Saturday 29 November 2014

Case PIP: Jean-Claude Mas will be retried in 2015 | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Var-Matin

Case PIP: Jean-Claude Mas will be retried in 2015 | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Var-Matin



The new is being sent to interested parties. It was in November 2015 that will be held the appeal trial of the health scandal PIP.

Two and half years after the marathon trial Parc Chanot in Marseille, five leaders and PIP executives will again face justice.

Two weeks of hearings are scheduled from 16 to 27 November to the convention center of Aix-en-Provence.

The manufacturer of breast implants founder Jean-Claude Mas, 75, was convicted of aggravated deception and fraud. Sentenced to four years in prison, he remained free since he had appealed the judgment.

Will be retried, Claude Couty, 62, CEO of PIP, and three executives who were heads.

All were given sentences ranging from 18 months suspended for three years including a farm. Read more 


Monday 24 November 2014

Marseille: the prosecution denies test the PIP gel on mice - 20minutes.fr

Marseille: the prosecution denies test the PIP gel on mice - 20minutes.fr
JUSTICE - According to the prosecutor of Marseilles, there is no test of the PIP gel on mice but a mere technical expertise on the strength of these prostheses

Prosecutors in Marseille on Monday denied an investigating judge is about to be tested on mice the silicone gel e causing the PIP breast implants scandal , as indicated by a lawyer for the civil parties.

" This information is completely wrong . There is no such test scheduled on mice, but a simple technical expertise on the strength of these prostheses, at a cost of about 80,000 euros, not a million, "said the prosecutor of the Republic Brice Robin, belying information given by the lawyer Philippe Courtois defending more than 2,700 women plaintiffs