The elected official was “placed under judicial supervision” after a night spent in police custody and a referral to the investigating judge.
The mayor of the Guadeloupe commune of Gosier, Cédric Cornet, “has been indicted” for “embezzlement of public funds, favoritism, recourse to concealed work”, we learned from the public prosecutor of Pointe-à- Clown in a press release.
This measure provides for “the ban on leaving the department of Guadeloupe” and the “payment of 40,000 euros as a guarantee”, specifies the press release from the prosecution.
William Korutos, director general of the services of the Riviera du Levant urban community chaired by Cédrid Cornet, was also indicted and placed under judicial supervision. According to local media, the mayor’s lawyer intends to challenge the bail and the indictment.
The elected official denounces a “relentlessness”
In July, a first hearing of Cédric Cornet took place in the premises of the financial brigade in Pointe-à-Pitre, after a search warrant had been issued against him, when he had not returned to his judicial summons, explained the prosecution, speaking of a “displayed desire not to honor” this summons.
The person concerned had denied wanting to evade justice and denounced a “relentlessness”, while he had indicated that he was on a “honeymoon”.
This is not the first conflict with the justice of Cédric Cornet, who has been registered in the sex offender file since his conviction on appeal in 2019 to two years in prison suspended, five years of socio-judicial follow-up and 16,000 euros in fine for sexual assault on a minor under the age of 15. He was elected mayor of Le Gosier in 2020.
