Key legal question
Whether the Tribunal des mesures de contrainte violated Article 227(5) CPP and the speediness principle by not deciding the detention-extension request within five days.
Extracted holding
No. Because a release request was filed during the extension proceedings, the court could coordinate both requests and rely on the parallel mechanism of Article 228 CPP; the five-day period could not be applied strictly.
Extracted reasoning
The release request created a special procedural situation. The Tmc acted diligently by seeking additional information and by treating the extension request together with the release request, which did not prolong the proceedings unnecessarily.