The man who had shot several passers-by with a pellet rifle near the Champs-Elysées in Paris, in September, was sentenced overnight from Friday to Saturday to three years in prison, one of which was suspended.
This sentence was accompanied by a fifteen-year ban on carrying a weapon and a warrant of committal.
The prosecutor had requested five years in prison, one of which was suspended.
Born in 1988, the Franco-Russian Vadim G., manager of a VTC company, was accused of having shot several times between September 11 and 19, on passers-by on avenue Georges V. At least four people had been shot. affected, the youngest of 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).
"It slowed me down in my life, in my studies"
Of the four people who filed a civil suit, Hissam F, the young man who was shot in the thigh, was the only one present at the hearing. This inhabitant of Rosny-sous-Bois had told the Parisian that he was walking on the Champs with three friends on September 11 when, when getting back in the car, he had been shot in the thigh and had holed up in the vehicle for fear of being targeted again. “What I went through had a lot of impact on my life, I developed anxiety. I had surgery (of the leg, Editor's note), it slowed me down in my life, in my studies, ”explained, in a serious tone at the helm, the civil engineering student.
It was on the night of Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 September that the shooting ceased when a fourth victim made himself known.
She had time to see where the shot was coming from and notified the police.
Police spotted a man with a sniper rifle over his shoulder on the fourth floor of a building on Avenue George V.
Vadim G. is 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.
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.