This is not common, a defense lawyer requested that the proceedings which began Thursday morning be recorded. The facts date back to May 4, 2021. Shortly before midnight, place Mirabeau, at Bloisa young man is found seriously injured by a shot of pellets and three stab wounds.
Forced to relive this painful memory, the victim named Amara, lowers her eyes, impassive. Amputated above the thigh, the young man wears a prosthesis that forces him to get up regularly. Dr. Pauline Saint-Martin, who carried out the forensic examination, indicates that his vital prognosis was engaged due to significant blood loss. During his convalescence, the young man was regularly woken up by pain “phantoms because the patient has the impression of feeling his amputated limb, and comparable to those felt by severe burn victims”.
The president of the assize court, Lionel Da Costa Roma, reminds the three accused that they face life imprisonment. This first day will be devoted to their life stories. “What are your positions in relation to the facts? “, asks the president. The three young people remain constant. Rayan admits to being the author of the gunshot, his cousin Nassim, present in the car but affirms that he did not witness the scene. As for Timothy, he repeats that he was not present.
“We all make mistakes, I was in bad company”
With his long hair held back by a ponytail, Rayan, 23, grew up in Blois in a loving family. After failing the secondary school certificate, he was expelled from a school for racketeering, he then worked in temporary work. His criminal record includes ten convictions. “We all make mistakes, I was in bad company,” he explains to the president. Two incidents were recorded in detention, including the possession of 30g of cannabis. “How do you see the future? » “I already want to work in prison to reintegrate myself, then follow training in mechanics”. In front of the psychologist, he described the events as an accident and having shot out of fear before confiding to her about the victim: “He must hate the guy” about the victim.
Dressed in a white sweatshirt, his cousin Nassim, almost 22 years old, describes himself as “quiet and shy”. At the time of the events, he was a maintenance worker. He was also born in the Zup, one of three children. He stopped his schooling in first grade in the electricity sector. As a minor, he was punished for insults, then as a young adult in drug trafficking: “I had no role, I was put in the wrong place.” Imprisoned until October 2022 and then placed under house arrest under electronic surveillance, he found his job again last January and is considering training in plumbing. According to the psychological assessment, “he does not feel responsible for the events”.
Timothée finally surrendered a month and a half after the attack on Place Mirabeau. This 23-year-old young man, with a slender figure and an afro, was born in Djibouti. Adopted at the age of 1, he grew up in Blois with three other children, two of whom were disabled, with whom he was protective. The accidental death of his older brother, born, like him, in Djibouti, upset him. “Around the age of 17, I closed myself off, I hung around, I didn’t know what to do with my life. » His schooling is interrupted, he falls out with his parents and gets involved in drugs. In December 2020, during the same immediate appearance as Nassim, he received a four-month sentence following the dismantling of a deal point.
This first day of hearing ends. Two videos filmed in the cell and published on social networks by the two incarcerated accused are broadcast before the court at the request of the civil party. One of them shows Timothée all smiles showing the victim’s medical expertise. “It’s a mistake, I felt bad being in prison when I didn’t do anything. » Facing him, Amara is chomping at the bit.
