The Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 15 years of criminal imprisonment for the murder of Aman, 16, a collateral victim of rivalries between cities in 2020, and acquitted the three other accused.
Abass Soumah, 21, was recognized as the author of the hunting rifle shots which cost the life of the uneventful high school student, killed near a playground in Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis). ) while he was eating ice cream with his friends on June 6, 2020. The court fell short of the requests of the attorney general who had requested 25 years of imprisonment for the shooter. When the verdict was pronounced, Aman’s family first showed a face of astonishment and then disappointment.
“You killed my son”
The crying mother headed towards the box where her son’s murderer was. She took his hands in hers and in a low voice whispered: “You killed my son” before bowing her head and praying with him. The president of the Assize Court justified the verdict in particular by the recognition of guilt of the main accused on the second day of the trial, against all expectations, after having denied it for four years.
“Abass killed my son but he was the most sincere of all four. He apologized and I told him to “be brave” and he apologized., declared the mother, leaving the courtroom. For the father, “the disappointment is total”. The investigation will show that Aman was in the wrong place at the wrong time, trapped in a futile quarrel between the districts of Orgemont in Epinay-sur-Seine and Raguenets in Saint-Gratien (Val-d’Oise). ). He lived in the center of Epinay-sur-Seine.
