A
"surge of violence"
described as
"bestial"
: the prosecution requested Monday from 15 to 17 years in prison against the actor Saïd Bogota, accused of having kidnapped, kidnapped and attempted to assassinate the companion of one of his old girlfriends.
"We understood that it was a one-way ticket"
for death, argued Advocate General François Camard, for whom the actor,
"instigator"
of the crime, tried to kill with premeditation.
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The magistrate did not clear customs the two
"henchmen"
, barely of age at the time of the facts, who helped the small actor to commit the crime.
He required respectively 10 to 12 years and 12 to 15 years in prison against those who acted
"with full knowledge of the facts".
Saïd Bogota, known for his roles in
Taxi 5
and
Pattaya
”, has been appearing since September 13 in front of the Essonne Assize Court as the main accused in a tragic case born out of jealousy in love.
In December 2018, he kidnapped the 17-year-old apprentice mechanic who was dating one of his exes.
The young man is held in a cellar of a building where Saïd Bogota and his two alleged accomplices subjected him to numerous abuses, including jets of acid and tear gas in the face, as the teenager recounted with emotion. last week.
"Now that he has seen my face, he must be finished"
Worried by a neighbor who is surprised by the noise, the kidnappers transport him, blinded and having trouble breathing, to an isolated field.
There, they inflict two flashball shots on him in the head, hits with the trailer hook in the skull and, after spraying him with gasoline, ignites him.
The teenager claims to have heard Saïd Bogota get angry:
"Now that he has seen my face, he must be finished."
During the investigation and at the stand, witnesses, firefighters, doctors and law enforcement, who found the young man in
"complete shock"
, expressed their horror.
The victim managed to escape by removing his burning clothes.
Losing a lot of blood,
"a huge hole in the head"
, large parts of the body burned, the necrotic fingers, the young man had been placed in an artificial coma while his vital prognosis was engaged.
"I am a miracle,"
he said at the bar.
The actor had admitted half-heartedly to part of the violence, including the blows of the trailer hitch.
He briefly confessed to wanting to kill as the teenager fled, before coming back to this confession two days later.
The verdict is expected Tuesday.