The prosecution requested five years in prison on Friday, November 12, including a suspended sentence against Vadim G., a Franco-Russian accused of having shot several passers-by with a pellet rifle near the Champs-Élysées in Paris, in September.
Born in 1988 in Russia, this manager of a VTC company is suspected of having shot several times between September 11 and 19, on passers-by on avenue Georges V. At least four people had been hit, the youngest of 'between them, a 19-year-old man was injured in the thigh near the right femoral artery causing 15 days of temporary incapacity for work (ITT).
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It was on the night of Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 September that the shooting ceased when a fourth victim made himself known. The police spotted a man with a sniper rifle on his shoulder on the fourth floor of a building on avenue George V. The suspect was quickly arrested. During the search, investigators found in the apartment two pellet rifles, two air pistols, several tear gas canisters, boxes of pellets and targets. Four people became a civil party but only one was present during the hearing; Hissam F, the young man who was shot in the thigh.
“What I went through had a big impact on my life, I developed anxiety. I had the operation it slowed me down in my life,in my studies"
, he expressed in a serious tone at the bar.
The suspect admitted to being the holder of the weapons:
"I bought two pellet rifles, one for a birthday present for a friend, the other for me"
.
During the investigation, Vadim G. denied having shot at people and assured that he had only aimed at lampposts and pigeons.
At the hearing, the defendant reiterated his statements and admitted to having used his weapon only on the night of his arrest.
“I never targeted anyone.
But my friends present who were drunk could have used the weapon without my knowing it, ”
he defended himself.
In addition to the prison sentence, the Prosecutor required against the defendant an obligation of care, fifteen years of prohibition from carrying a weapon as well as five years of ineligibility.
The decision has been taken under advisement.
