one of the accused tried in Vendée for driving under drugs

He is considered one of the protagonists in the case of the double assassination of Leslie Hoorelbeke and Kevin Trompat, killed in a house in Prahecq, near Niort, in November 2022. Nathan Badji, 24, currently in pre-trial detention after his arrest and his indictment in March 2023, appeared Monday November 18, 2024 before the criminal court of La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée), according to our colleagues from West France.

The young man was accused of driving under drugs. On January 20, 2023, a little more than two months after the assassination of Leslie and Kevin, he was taken into custody by the gendarmes in Sainte-Hermine, after having tested positive for cocaine. At the hearing, he spoke from his place of detention via videoconference.

His criminal record was mentioned, with two mentions, for possession of drugs and for possession of a weapon. Present, his lawyer Me Orane Quenot notably recalled that Nathan Badji was the victim of a violent attack in detention on April 3. Information revealed by The New Republic.

The young man, who participated in the legal reconstruction of the Leslie and Kevin case at the beginning of October, with four other defendants, was finally sentenced to six months in prison and a suspension of his driving license for six month.

Ouest-France: Accused of having participated in the assassinations of Kevin and Leslie, Nathan Badji tried in Vendée