Mehdi Sououi, a 23-year-old individual, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for having caused the death of Jérôme Bonduelle, a 51-year-old father, in a traffic accident at the end of August 2020, reports
La Voix du North
.
Jérôme Bonduelle, one of the managers of the agri-food group of the same name and youngest son of the emblematic former president Bruno Bonduelle, was returning to his home by bike with his wife in particular, when he was hit shortly before 2 a.m. near the Lille-Europe station by a motorist who had fled.
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Immediately on the spot, the helpers could not do anything to save him.
According to an expert present at the trial, quoted by
La Voix du Nord
, the driver was traveling at nearly 80 km / h at the time of the shock.
A witness had for his part reported a car "
fast as a bullet
", "
grazing the speed bumps
".
An “idle, flippant and cowardly” individual
The suspect was arrested shortly after the events in Mons-en-Barœul (North) after spitting on the police and insulting them.
After presenting himself for a long time as a simple passenger, Mehdi Sououi – known for driving without a license, alcoholic and under narcotics – ended up confessing during the trial that he was driving the vehicle.
The prosecutor, Élodie Bournoville, spoke of an “
idle, casual and cowardly
” individual spending his days wandering behind the wheel, detail our colleagues.
Marc-Antoine Zimmermann, lawyer for the family of Jérôme Bonduelle, hailed about the deceased
"a solar person
" who "
always put his family above everything
".
Too bruised, the industrialist's wife and children did not attend the hearing.