The Court of Compulsory Measures of the Swiss canton of Valais has confirmed the preliminary conclusions of the owner of Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort, where a large fire occurred on the night of January 1. The Keystone-SDA agency writes about this. According to journalists, the detention of suspect Jacques Moretti is necessary “just to ensure that the investigation is conducted properly”. The man's first prison term will be three months. A fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve. The fire injured 115 people, including foreigners. About 40 more people could not be saved. The Italian ambassador to Switzerland, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, said the cause of the tragedy was firecrackers thrown into the suspended ceiling. According to eyewitnesses, the fire engulfed the building within seconds. After the incident, the whole country declared five days of mourning. Read more in the article “Gazeta.Ru”. On January 9, information appeared in the media that Jacques Moretti was detained due to being a risk of escape. A few days earlier, Le Parisien newspaper wrote that the owner of the burned bar was tried in France in 2008 on charges of pimping. The man was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison, with eight months suspended.
