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Marjorie G., 17, was fatally stabbed Friday May 14 by another youngster born in 2006 for a trivial dispute on social networks. The drama took place on Friday May 14 in the middle of the afternoon at the foot of a building in the Pierre-et-Marie-Curie city in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) after
"vehement exchanges »
On social networks, and in particular on Snapchat.
That day, the suspect, a 14-year-old young man,
"had created a Snapchat group"
about the victim's little sister.
The latter would not have supported that people speak badly about her younger sister and would have gone to the bottom of the tower where the father of the suspect lives accompanied by several individuals, including his brother, before "
hitting
" the young man.
“
The content of the messages was devoid of any threat.
We are on the register of flirtation and intimacy between teenagers,
”held a nuance in
Figaro
Me Adrien Gabeaud, the suspect's lawyer.
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The teenager then went back home to grab a kitchen knife with which he stabbed Marjorie G. to death on the public highway. There was only one blow to the abdomen.
“There was no relentlessness on the part of my client and no intention to kill. A single blow, a blow too much, a fatal blow, a mortal blow, ”
insisted Me Gabeaud. The death was noted a little after 5 p.m. by the police and then the firefighters rushed to the scene in an emergency. “
When I arrived she was on the floor. There was blood everywhere. They were trying to revive her. But they did not succeed
”, testified, upset, the mother of the young girl at the microphone of several media, including France Info and BFMTV Friday evening.
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After his gesture, the suspect, a certain Alvin M., fled. In the process, investigators from the departmental security of Val-de-Marne (SDPJ94) conducted an unsuccessful search of the home of the latter's father. The police finally arrested him around 8:30 p.m. at his mother's home, in Massy, in Essonne. He was immediately taken into custody and then in pre-trial detention Sunday evening by the judge of freedoms and detention who indicted him for “
murder
”, as
his counsel, Me Gabeaud,
told
Le Figaro
. "
My client recognizes his participation but maintains that he did not intend to kill
," said the lawyer.
Moreover, the premeditation was not retained by the investigators, who understood well that it was not a question of an assassination
”.
Alvin M., a teenager accused of murder who speaks "in childish words"
“It is in a logic of cooperation with the investigators. He remains calm and tries to give as many details as possible on the day of the tragedy, ”
continued the support of the respondent.
“
He does not deny his involvement, his fault and his responsibility.
He expresses himself in the words of a child, because let's not forget he is a 14-year-old kid, who gradually realizes what he has done
”, underlined Me Gabeaud.
Alvin M. is originally from Val-de-Marne where he still lives with his father and his 10-year-old brother, his parents having been separated for several years.
Born in November 2006, the young man is not a street child although
"social investigators point to significant educational deficiencies,"
said his lawyer
.
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A top-level athlete, his goal was to join a professional football club.
He had until now a clean criminal record and no criminal record, according to his lawyer and several legal sources, specifying that he had emerged free from a free hearing in a case of building degradation.
Due to problems of level but also of discipline, the teenager had all the same been expelled from a college which he attended last year.
This one is moreover described by several friends of the victim at
Point
as someone
"a little excited, who stood out a lot.
He was a bit of the star of the city ”
.
Marjorie G., "a relentless student"
Reputed to be studious, as
a source close to the matter
confirmed to
Le Figaro
, Marjorie G., 17, was preparing to pass her baccalaureate. She was to celebrate her 18th birthday next July. “
My daughter was not a delinquent. My daughter was a keen student. She wanted to be an engineer
"
,
exclaimed Friday evening the mother of the victim. And to add: "
It is not normal that parents leave their children lying around in the cities. It is not normal for a child to come and kill another child! (...) My children never hung out in this city. Today is my daughter. It could have been any child
”.
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A white march in tribute to Marjorie will take place on Saturday May 22 in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Her mother, of Martinican origin, said she wanted to bring the memory of her daughter to life.
“
I'm going to demonstrate.
I will do things.
From today, I will be seen.
People will hear from me,
”she said.
In Ivry, many messages of support and anger were written on the walls of the city where the young girl lived.
"
No forgetting, no forgiveness,
" we read.
Or again: "
For Marjorie's little sister: don't feel guilty, the only culprit is the murderer
".
Faced with the gravity of the situation, the town hall of Ivry-sur-Seine has decided to double the number of mediators but also to set up a psychological unit for the inhabitants of the city of Hoche, according to France Info. Philippe Bouyssou, the PCF mayor of the city, also supported the family of the missing girl in several messages posted on Twitter. "
This tragedy mourns our entire city, and I believe that we are all devastated by this tragic event
," he wrote.
I give my full support to the family of the young victim. I hope that our city, its inhabitants, will be able to surround it and support it in this ordeal
”.