Youssef Allali and four other individuals are accused of assassinating Frank Goes. This 54-year-old entrepreneur was stabbed to death in front of the offices of his companies, rue Honoré Longtin in Jette, on September 29, 2020.
“I took on the tasks of co-ownership trustee and that’s how I met Youssef Allali. The trustee called on his company, City Façade, for renovation work on the facades of the buildings. The projects have always gone well”declared a witness Thursday before the Brussels Assize Court.
“For some buildings, it was construction sites without an architect and everything went well. For other buildings, however, it was construction sites with an architect and all were also received with a compliant report. There was never a conflict, but of course it frequently happens that there are problems on construction sites, involving delays and modifications, but in the end everything was in order”continued the witness. The latter explained that over time a friendship relationship was built between Youssef Allali and him, and that he ended up joining the City Façade company in 2021.
“I can’t imagine Youssef asking someone he barely knows to go and put pressure on a person. I know he admitted this, but I can’t believe it in my heart”the witness further declared. Five men must answer for the assassination of Frank Goes, but also for the attempted assassination of an architect.
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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 wanted to kill and that he had been hired to “causing 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. 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.
Finally, 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. 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 and certain Frank Goes companies, active in building management, in construction and in the sale or rental of property.
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