Local councillor Ruben Ramchurn to stand trial in Yverdon from 30 November
Independent Yverdon local councillor Ruben Ramchurn must answer to several serious charges at the North Vaud District Court starting on 30 November.
Multiple charges against Yverdon local politician
As letemps.ch reports, Yverdon local councillor Ruben Ramchurn is to appear before the North Vaud District Court from 30 November. The independent politician, former president of the SVP Yverdon, must answer charges of defamation, document falsification, discrimination and incitement to hatred, as well as violations of the Explosives Act and the Weapons Act. The presumption of innocence applies.
The indictment from the Central Public Prosecutor's Office includes excerpts from posts on social networks in which the word "Nigerian" is crossed out with a red cross and linked to cocaine trafficking. The public safety office of the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains reported these posts on account of discrimination and incitement to hatred.
Ramchurn's proceedings follow chronologically those of SVP National Councillor Michaël Buffat, who is to appear before the same court on 23 and 24 November.
Source: Google News CH — Crime (de)