An epidode of "Spiral"

Michel Neyret

Those of us whose idea of French CID detectives is based on Engrenages (called "Spiral" in English) will not find the Michel Neyret case astonishing. Yet this top flic actually stands accused of corruption and faces the court in Paris this week.
From a humble mining background Neyret rose to commissaire in the police, eventually head of CID in Lyons. A transfer to Nice seems to have turned his head, mixing with cinema and casino milieu, even (according to a colleague) leaving his wife for  a "30 year old" . Put down by friends as a mid-life crisis his activities did not apparently affect his work as he was promoted to assistant director of Lyon's regional police force.
But a chance interception of a call between criminals revealed they had a top cop as their "joker", and it soon led to Neyret. He is accused of using his position to pass information to his informers in return for expensive holidays and other gifts.
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