From Monday June 17 to Friday June 21, two Valentinois, Younès Kobzili and Reda Boutabet, were tried by the Rhône Assize Court, for the murder of Mehdi Es Sadki, committed in front of the Chicken’s Mix in Bourg-lès-Valence, a snack bar including he was the manager.
The facts date from Sunday June 14, 2020. That day, around 9 p.m., two men arrived at high speed on a Tmax scooter near Chicken’s Mix, avenue Jean-Jaurès, in Bourg-lès-Valence. One of them comes down, shotgun in hand, and shoots the manager of the snack bar, sitting on the terrace with a friend, in the head before fleeing with his accomplice.
The victim, Mehdi Es Sadki, a 25-year-old Bourcain, died Wednesday, June 17, in the early morning, as a result of the terrible injuries caused by the buckshot cartridge which hit him in the face.
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It was the JIRS, a specialized interregional jurisdiction in Lyon, responsible for fighting organized crime, which took charge of the case, which is why the trial took place in Lyon. Younès Kobzili was 21 years old at the time of the events, Reda Boutabet 31 years old.
Both were accused of having organized the murder, before carrying it out, in a context of clan war which is wreaking havoc in Valencia and its surroundings.
Both defendants were found guilty of gang murder. The attorney general requested 30 years of criminal imprisonment against Reda Boutabet, and 25 years against Younès Kobzili. The first finally received 25 years of imprisonment, and the second 22 years of criminal imprisonment.
