"
My father died of his injuries on Tuesday
."
Guest of the show
Face à Baba
, in which Cyril Hanouna received Gérald Darmanin on Thursday October 20, Jérôme Watel announced the death of his father, Jean-Baptiste, the 92-year-old man attacked by a drug addict on September 9 at the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
"
He died because of the shock he could not absorb
," said
Parisian
Jérôme Watel, adding that he had notably lost the swallowing reflex.
On September 9, around 4 p.m., Jean-Baptiste Watel, 92, was returning to his son's house in Les Terrasses du Parc when a drug addict followed him inside the hall of the building and gave him a violent blow from behind. the head.
The nonagenarian tried to defend himself by grabbing his attacker's neck but finally released his grip, thinking it was a woman.
He then received several blows in the pelvis.
Jean-Baptiste Watel was transported to the Saint-Louis hospital (10th arrondissement), where the doctors granted him 45 days of ITT in view of the two fractures of the pelvis and the internal bleeding of which he was a victim.
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An investigation opened a few days later enabled the police, thanks in particular to CCTV cameras, to find the trace of the accused in a camp for crack addicts in Square Forceval, a few hundred meters from the place of the attack. .
He was arrested on September 16.
Facing the police, he admitted the facts and explained that he wanted to strip Jean-Baptiste Watel and left with his wallet, which was never found.
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The 24-year-old man was indicted for drug use and violent robbery with ITT for more than eight days on September 19.
He was placed in pre-trial detention
, ”confirmed to
Figaro
the Paris prosecutor’s office.
The death of the nonagenarian could lead to a reclassification of the facts in this case.
Faced with Gérald Darmanin on the C8
channel
, the victim's son did not mince his words.
Very moved, he affirmed that the Minister of the Interior was “
a main actor in this murder.
He's not guilty, but he should have acted.
Long before.
He confided that he felt responsible but justified himself by explaining that he had been trying for several months to evacuate these drug addicts from Square Forceval and that, in recent weeks, many people had been arrested or even expelled.
"
You kicked the anthill but the ants will come back
," replied Jérôme Watel to Gérald Darmanin, who for his part promised that the police officers dedicated to this mission will remain in place for as long as necessary.
