Three men are being tried again on appeal from Monday, September 9 at the Bouches-du-Rhône assizes in connection with the assassination of Karim Tir, Jul’s manager, in 2014. During the first trial, two were sentenced to 25 years in prison and the third was acquitted.
Three men back in court. The appeal trial of the murder of Karim Tir, Jul’s managerkilled in 2014 in the Paris region, opens this Monday, September 9 before the Bouches-du-Rhône Assize Court in Aix-en-Provence.
Last March, Mohamed Seghier, 45, and Juan Marti, 41, were found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A third man, Youser Titouh, was acquitted. Following this court decision, the defense and the prosecution appealed.
During this new trial, Jul could be invited to testify at the bar, as was the case in the first instance where he was absent due to health problems.
A war of clans
On June 12, 2014, Karim Tir was attacked by two men on a motorcycle in Asnières-sur-Seine. His car was found embedded in a van, the hood and windshield riddled with four bullets.
After five years in prison for drug trafficking, the man had tried to rebuild his life by settling in Paris and managing his own businesses, particularly in music. All the while fearing “Let it be his turn” to be shothis relatives had confided during the first trial.
In this case, the singer Jul, with whom Karim Tir teamed up at the time of the explosion of his career, was used by the commando as a “beacon” to locate the manager.
The investigation into his death had followed the trail of a settling of scores in a conflict between members of two Marseille drug trafficking clans, with on one side the Tir, allied with the Berrebouh, and on the other the Remadnia, associated with a team of criminals from Marignane of which Mohamed Seghier is one of the leaders, according to the judicial police.
The decision of the Bouches-du-Rhône Assize Court is due to be delivered on September 20.
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