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Sergeant Taukoor appears again over shooting that injured Élodie Thomas

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Mauritian Sergeant Gautam Singh Taukoor, 57, appeared again before the Rose-Hill District Court in the investigation into the shooting that injured Élodie Thomas in Camp-Levieux on 9 October. Investigators from the Western Division CID were due to present an update on their investigation on 19 October, reports Defimedia.

Mauritian Sergeant Gautam Singh Taukoor, 57, appeared again on Monday 19 October before the Rose-Hill District Court in the investigation into the shooting that injured Élodie Thomas in Camp-Levieux. He is provisionally charged with firing in her direction on 9 October, reports Defimedia.

Two provisional charges have been brought against him, for intimidation with a firearm and involuntarily causing injury through recklessness. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Western Division are due to inform the court of the progress of the investigation. The sergeant had already been provisionally charged in the case.

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