Sentences of 8 years of imprisonment to 15 years of imprisonment were pronounced Friday, October 22 against five men, at the assizes of Rennes, for the murder of the young Dorian Guéméné, who died at the age of 24 after being severely beaten. , in front of a Rennes nightclub in 2018.
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After ten days of debate and eight hours of deliberation, the Assize Court chose not to follow the Advocate General who had accepted the qualification of fatal blows committed in a meeting.
In its verdict, the court recognized all the defendants guilty of violence against Dorian Guéméné and his friend Kevin H. and blamed Dorian's death on the violence committed by the five defendants who, she said. , each had “
the intention to kill
”.
Bloody lying on a sidewalk
The main accused, Sacha R., 28, who admitted to having struck 7 or 8 blows, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The prosecution had required 17 years.
Four other defendants, including the brother of the main defendant, were sentenced to terms ranging from 8 years to 13 years' imprisonment.
Five years' imprisonment of which one to two years suspended had been required.
A sixth accused prosecuted for destruction of evidence was acquitted.
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On July 7, 2018 in the early morning, after a verbal altercation, the respondents were asked to leave the establishment. The victim and one of his friends had in turn left the nightclub 15 minutes later by an exit reserved for staff. Lying bloody on a sidewalk, Dorian Guéméné had received many blows in the face while his friend, also struck, had managed to call for help. Dorian G. died of his injuries. The autopsy had revealed a "
facial crash predominantly on the left
" with "
brain trauma
" and "
cerebral edema
".
The parents of the young bartender, who wanted to make this trial a symbol against gratuitous violence, said they were partially satisfied.
The verdict recognizes that the defendants “
were all guilty of my son's death, that it was really a lynching and not a fight.
All the lies were of no avail to them.
I end up believing that there is real justice
”, reacted Father Philippe Guéméné.
The lawyer of the Thierry Fillon family estimated that this verdict is "
a response to the behavior of the accused since the beginning of this case: not to want to assume, to hide, to lie, this is the reason why they have all been assimilated. to each other
”.
The five men, aged 26 to 31, were imprisoned.