The charges against them were heavy.
A gunshot, beatings given in the confusion of a fight and a drive away after trying to run over a man with their vehicle.
Four days after their arrest in Noyon and their placement in detention, two young friends, aged 19 and 20, faced the Compiègne Criminal Court on Tuesday.
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Tried for violence with the use or threat of a weapon and transporting weapons without legitimate reasons, a semi-automatic weapon having been found in their vehicle, the two defendants were sentenced to a prison term of one year, perform under electronic bracelet.
Assuring that both had not “realized the gravity of the facts”, the prosecutor, Marie-Céline Lawrysz, had requested two years of imprisonment including ten months suspended.
“I just wanted to make an observation”
On the evening of August 12, these two friends were driving a Peugeot 208 when a slight collision occurred with another driver, who was returning to his home in the Beauséjour district of Noyon.
“I just wanted to make an observation, the door was rubbed, I went towards him, he pushed me back directly,” says Ishmael*, the passenger.
Two opposing versions.
The alleged victim, a man in his forties who was returning from work, claims to have been taken to task by the two young people.
To defend himself, he would then have drawn a cutter from his pocket.
After a fight, the young people allegedly tried to run over their opponent with their car.
Several residents, heard by the gendarmes, give credence to this version while the defendants claim that the victim first returned home with a knife, before coming out to threaten them.
A witness hears say: "Crush it, crush it"
A course of events swept away by defense lawyers.
“The victim says a lot of false things.
The residents do not see the start of the altercation, we suggested this version to them, ”supports Me Sabine Thoma Brunière, lawyer for Mathieu *, the driver of the vehicle.
“In this file, the elements accredit the version of the defendants, thunders for her part Me Charlotte de Boislaville, counsel for Ismaël, who recalls that the gendarmerie was first called for reciprocal violence.
A witness hears say: "Crush it, crush it" when they only crushed a garbage can before fleeing.
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Listing the multiple convictions of the defendants (drug trafficking, violence, traffic offences), Marie-Céline Lawrysz, fatalistic, ensures that the family of the alleged victim received two visits during the weekend to find out if she intended to file a complaint.
Sentenced for violence, the defendants are released for transporting weapons, for lack of sufficient evidence.
“We wonder how we can find a caliber with a casing struck in their car, the prosecutor is surprised.
When they leave Beauséjour, they shoot in the air, like in the movies.
This is the context.
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*Names have been changed