The court considered that the link between the theft and the suicide was established taking into account the extreme proximity, on a temporal level, of the latter to the facts.
Jean-François Langohr died on July 15, 2023 at the age of 61. The lifeless body of the jeweler was found at the bottom of a 40 meter high cliff located in Flémalle. A witness informed investigators that the jeweler had been the victim of a particularly violent robbery on the day of his suicide. Rochy Jovanovic tried to make people believe that he had 200,000 euros in cash that he wanted to exchange for jewelry. The thug attacked the merchant to seize the jewelry and flee in a car in which his cousin and a third man were.
Jean-François Langohr was desperate. He sorted out his affairs and got his dog taken care of before throwing himself off a cliff.
During the hearing, one of the defendants expressed regret and the other denied having participated in the facts.
“The foreseeability of possible damage to physical integrity exists in this case“, notes the court. The judges considered that the authors must have been aware of this given the fact that “Mr Langhor was an independent jeweler working alone and jewelry worth almost 200,000 euros was stolen from him in just a few minutes, which undoubtedly represents his life’s savings.“
The author could not have ignoredthat by acting in this way, he jeopardized the continuation of Mr. Langhor’s activities, the sustainability of his business and placed him in a situation of very great financial difficulty, which made him extremely vulnerable and could give rise to problems on his part. inclination to make an attempt on his life.“
The court emphasized that in the very process of the rip deal, the perpetrators focus on vulnerable profiles, “like that of Jean-François Langhor, so that he could not ignore the potential consequences of his actions.“
