Editing Jacques Mesrine (section)

==Aftermath==
French police announced that their operation was a success and received congratulations from then [[President of France|President]] [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]. There were suggestions in some media publications that Mesrine may have been shot without warning in a way which amounted to [[extrajudicial killing]], but the police pointed out that he had sworn that he would never surrender and that, as well as having a gun on him, Mesrine had been armed with two grenades which were taped together and adapted so they could be brought into action instantly.

Sylvia Jeanjacquot underwent multiple operations and served more than two years in prison before being ultimately acquitted of any crime.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sylvia Jeanjacquot : Mesrine, mon amour|url=http://www.vsd.fr/les-indiscrets/sylvia-jeanjacquot-mesrine-mon-amour-4530|access-date=25 December 2015|work=[[VSD (French magazine)|VSD]]|date=21 September 2011}}</ref>   Mesrine's former defence lawyer, Maître Malinbaum, continued for 30 years to fight for a judicial investigation into the events surrounding Mesrine's death at Porte de Clignancourt and to have the French state held accountable for what she saw as the assassination of her client.<ref name="Jacques Mesrine: Le grand gangster"/>

===Murder of Gérard Lebovici===

By law, Mesrine could not profit from ''L'instinct de Mort,'' but the publishers had received a threatening letter from him in 1979 demanding payment nonetheless. ''L'instinct de Mort'' was republished in 1984 by [[Éditions Champ Libre|Champ Libre Editions]],<ref>L'Instinct de Mort, [[Éditions Champ Libre|Champ Libre Editions]], 1984.(French)</ref> The founder of Champ Libre, [[Gérard Lebovici]], was a gifted entrepreneur, influential in the French film industry, and known for his fascination with criminals. Lebovici adopted Mesrine's daughter after her father's death.

On 7 March 1984, the body of Gérard Lebovici was found in the Avenue Foch underground car park. It was determined that he had been shot dead two days earlier, with the bullet wounds forming a square: a traditional underworld sign for a contract that has not been fulfilled. One theory is that Lebovici may have been killed by a close associate of Mesrine's with whom Lebovici may have had an appointment on the day of his death.<ref>BBC radio interview with Vincent Cassel</ref>