His wife, co-owner of the bar where 40 people died and more than 100 were injured, was already on probation, subject to an identity and residence permit, unable to leave the country and forced to report to the police authorities daily, with her passport confiscated.
The bar owner Le Constellationin the ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where 40 people died and more than 100 were injured in a fire on New Year’s Eve, is expected to be released this Friday after paying a deposit worth 200,000 Swiss francs (around 215 thousand euros).
According to which cites sources close to the investigation, the bar owner will be subject to alternative measures, including a prohibition on leaving Switzerland and the obligation to regularly report to law enforcement authoritieswhile the investigation into negligent homicide and other crimes related to the tragedy is ongoing.
The Court of Coercive Measures, cited by the French station, emphasizes that “every defendant is presumed innocent until a conviction is entered into force. The cardinal principle of Swiss criminal procedure therefore determines that the defendant remains free until his trial.”
