A drama which began with a dispute during a drunken evening. Five people will be brought before the courts this Monday, December 23, three days after the death of a man in his forties, attacked on the public highway in Tinqueux, near Reims (Marne), François said. Schneider, the public prosecutor of Reims, to Le Parisien.
Friday evening, a little after 9 p.m., the firefighters intervened “for a fight”. At the scene, they discovered a man lying on the ground with a bleeding wound on his head. The victim, “in cardio-respiratory arrest”, was transported to Reims hospital, where he died around 11 p.m.
Different versions
According to the first elements of the investigation, the man was attacked “by several individuals following a dispute”, which occurred during a drunken evening with friends, explained the public prosecutor. During this evening, an argument broke out over the behavior of a guest towards a young woman.
After leaving the scene, the latter returned with several people, before hitting the victim, a man in his forties, who fell to the ground. The blows continued to rain while the latter was on the ground. Living in the same neighborhood, this forty-year-old, who died on the spot, was presented as “nice” by his neighbors, shocked by the tragedy.
Five people, aged 23 to 33, were arrested and taken into custody the next day, Saturday December 21. The accused must be brought before an investigating judge this Monday for “violence leading to death without intention to cause it”, “complicity”, “aggravated voluntary violence” and “failure to assist a person in danger”. explained François Schneider.
During their hearings, the alleged perpetrators of the beatings did not dispute the violence, but they “contradicted each other on its seriousness,” said the prosecutor, who added that two young women, who accompanied them, will they also be referred.
