Teenager beaten to death: 25 to 30 years in prison for a drug dealer and his three henchmen

A dealer and three of his henchmen were sentenced to 25 to 30 years of criminal imprisonment on Tuesday March 16 by the Assize Court of Hérault for having beaten to death a 17 year old teenager five years ago. years.

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At the end of a deliberation of more than ten hours, Hicham El Moutaouakil, 37, was sentenced to 30 years of criminal imprisonment, Anouar Taïbi, aged 28, the sponsor dealer of the punitive expedition, to 28 years of imprisonment, and Djamel Fellah, a 37-year-old henchman, also 28.

"

" shouted the latter, who has continued to cause hearing incidents during the seven days of the trial.

These three men are in a state of legal recidivism.

Adame Reghi, a small 25-year-old dealer with a clean record, who explained that he wanted to "

By striking ultra-violent blows on the victim while he was himself suspected of stealing cash from the dealer's home, was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.

The four men are also prohibited from holding a weapon subject to authorization for five years.

They were prosecuted for "

" and "

" for six weeks, "

".

A night of ordeal

On March 30, 2016, in a quiet area of ​​Montpellier, the martyred body of Sofiane Perrin, a high school student described as "

" by those around him, was discovered in blood: the emergency services could never revive the young boy, originally from a village in the Hérault.

At his side, his friend Édouard, 21, was found seriously injured.

In front of the Assize Court, he courageously described a night of ordeal suffered on the orders of Anouar Taïbi, a trafficker from the city of Minguettes, in Vénissieux (Rhône), and settled in another Hérault village.

Monday, the attorney general had requested sentences ranging from 22 years imprisonment to life imprisonment against the four men, guilty according to him of the "

" which led to the death of this teenager after the theft of 15,000 euros at home from the dealer.

After this theft, which has never been elucidated, the dealer instructed three henchmen to "

" and "

" three of his young clients, underlined the magistrate Jean-Marc Soriano.

The first was injured and traumatized, the second, Édouard, seriously injured.

Sofiane, who was only a very occasional small user of cannabis not suspecting the dangerousness of some of his associates, succumbs to his tormentors after having all night begged them to leave him alive and proclaimed his innocence.

Their "

", with baseball bats, kicks, fists, rifle barrels, led to the death of Sofiane who received 75 ultra-violent blows, including 25 to the head, on a field. wave near Capestang (Hérault), recalled the magistrate.

A brother of the dealer was also sentenced to two years' imprisonment for failing to assist a person in danger: when he saw him very badly in the early hours of the morning, Sofiane could still have been saved by medical treatment according to the report. forensic scientist.

But Sofiane's body will be "

" from a car in the morning, 250 meters from a Montpellier clinic, when it was already too late to save the young boy.

At the end of the verdict, pronounced under high police protection, the family of the victim had to be evacuated by the police outside the court, under the cries and threats of the family of the dealer.