Malik Abadia, accused of being the "
Kalashnikov-style shooter
" who left one dead and two injured four years ago in the Yvelines, proclaimed his innocence in a provocative style on Monday, the first day of his trial in court Assize of Versailles.
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The 37-year-old former manager of a transport company is accused of killing his former brother-in-law in Plaisir in May 2017 before injuring two other people in Trappes in the following two days.
Monday, he continued to interrupt the hearing to defend himself from these crimes, which have earned him pre-trial detention since his arrest, repeatedly provoking the anger of his lawyer and the president of the court.
"
Put me in the dustbin if you want
", he launched to the judge who threatened to exclude him.
"
I want to speak, it is my life which is at stake
", continued the accused, specifying that his untimely interventions "
freed
" him.
At the stand, the investigators described him as a “
violent
”, “
feared
” and “
jealous
” individual who, before the assassination of his ex-partner's brother, threatened the latter by throwing him “
the bullets will go. talk
”.
His criminal record is thick with 14 convictions, including several for violence, especially on his former partner.
In the accused's box, where he was under close police surveillance, Malik Abadia described himself as a "
brawler
", "
hard as a stone
", whose neighborhood life in Trappes was only a succession of conflicts, fights and retaliation.
“
I may have been violent, but I never killed anyone,
” he said.
For investigators, the murder of the victim on the evening of May 6, 2017 in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in the small town of Plaisir, near Trappes, is the work of a "
determined and motivated shooter
»And skilled in the handling of weapons.
No less than eleven bullet holes fired from a Kalashnikov assault rifle were found on the windshield of the vehicle of the victim, 35, fatally injured in the neck, arm and rib cage.
"
This is not a traditional settling of scores between thugs
", explained the investigators about this file, in which most of the actors are known to the police.
The assassin acted with his face uncovered before fleeing.
If the victim's family immediately accused Malik Abadia, the latter was not recognized by the witnesses present at the fast food restaurant.
The accused was present at this restaurant earlier that evening, but during his police custody, he explained that he went there to have an ice cream, while he lived in Argenteuil, town of Val-d'Oise 35 kilometers from Plaisir.
The murder weapon, which ballistics proved to have also been used in the two assassination attempts that followed, has not been recovered.
Regarding these two attacks, the accused had several disputes with the victims, for which he would have liked to take revenge.
The two men were shot in the legs by Kalashnikovs and accused Malik Abadia of being the perpetrator.
Requisition, pleadings and verdict are expected Friday.