“We met when we both lived in Koningslo. First of all it was neighborly relations and then a bond was created between us,” explained one of Frank Goes’ closest friends. “We would play sports together, we would run two or three times a week. We would eat together too, etc. Then I moved to Grimbergen, and shortly after Frank and his family also came to live in Grimbergen. We “We remained close and his wife even became my son’s godmother,” he said.
“Frank had a very big heart for his family and his friends. I could count on him one hundred percent. And not just me, many people around him,” continued the witness, very moved. “He was also very proud of his son, with whom he got along very well and who had started to work with him, and of his daughter too. He was also very in love and proud of his wife,” he said. entrusted.
“His professional environment was not always easy and Frank was someone who gave a lot of himself to his work,” he added.
The court also heard from two other very close friends of Frank Goes, who described him in the same way. “He was one of my best friends. After work, we would go running together, it gave us the opportunity to talk about everything: politics, work?” said one of them. “He worked a lot, but he was also a family man. He placed a lot of importance on spending time with his wife and children. He was quite reserved and was not the type to open up much about his private life or professional, but he sometimes confided to a certain degree,” he said.
Furthermore, several people who worked alongside Frank Goes, notably engineers, workers and members of the Federation of General Construction Contractors (FABA) which Frank Goes chaired, described him as a great worker, a accomplished but humble man, and an upright, strict and correct business leader. “We can’t say anything about this man,” exclaimed one of these witnesses, “what happened to him was the result of a purely and simply wicked act.”
Five men must answer for the assassination of Frank Goes, but also for the attempted assassination of an architect. Dylan Duby, aged 28, has confessed to being the author of the stabbings which killed the contractor and to having tried to physically attack the architect. He claimed that he had not intended to kill and that he had been hired to “cause incapacity for work” to the two victims.
Ismaël Diallo, aged 28, and Gradi Kato Irenge, aged 29, are accused of having provided essential assistance to the author, in particular by providing him with a car and carrying out scouting with him. The two men do not deny having helped Dylan Duby, but they deny having knowledge of his project.
Yaser Abau, aged 26, is accused of having acted as an intermediary between the sponsor and the author. He confesses, but he denies having asked Dylan Duby to attack the victim with a weapon such as a knife.
Youssef Allali, a 37-year-old entrepreneur from Etterbeek, is accused of being the sponsor. He admitted to having mandated Yaser Abau to “put pressure” on Frank Goes, but not on the architect who was also targeted. He denies that there was any question of attacking the victim.
It appears from the file that there were certain commercial disputes between Youssef Allali’s company, specializing in the renovation of facades, and certain Frank Goes companies, active in building management, construction and sales. or rental of property.
