Me Lys recalled that his client had confessed three months after his arrest and that it was his statements which allowed investigators to trace Youssef Allali, prosecuted for being the instigator of the attack on Frank Goes.
The criminal lawyer maintained that his client’s confessions, unlike those of the accused Yaser Abau and Youssef Allali, are sincere and not calculated confessions, in particular because he gave details which aggravate his case. Dylan Duby thus admitted to having been hired not only to attack Frank Goes but also to assault two other victims, about whom he gave information. “There are in fact two categories of confessions: rapid confessions, which are spontaneous, and late confessions, which are then self-serving.argued Me Lys.
“Dylan Duby would never have told everything he said if his goal was to lessen his pain. His confessions are anything but strategic. He is not an altar boy and I am not asking that he be congratulated, but he had certain commendable attitudes that we must be able to see. He is a rough man, who can be a bad guy, but you are dealing with someone who is not a liar. concluded the criminal lawyer.
According to Me Lys, it will be easy for the jury to understand that Dylan Duby told the whole truth, by comparing his statements with the factual elements of the case. Therefore, we must also believe him when he says that he did not want to kill. The defense lawyer thus pleaded his client’s guilt for intentional assault and battery resulting in death without intention of causing it.
Five men must answer for the assassination of the entrepreneur Frank Goes, but also for the attempted assassination of an architect and another entrepreneur. Dylan Duby, aged 28, has confessed to being the author of the stabbings which killed Frank Goes and to having tried to physically attack the architect. He claimed that he had not intended to kill anyone and that he had been hired to “cause incapacity for work” to the victims.
Ismaël Diallo, aged 28, and Gradi Kato Irenge, aged 29, are accused of having provided essential assistance to the author by having knowledge of his project. The first had rented the car used by Dylan Duby to go to Jette on September 29, 2020. The second for his part carried out scouting around the home of Frank Goes in Grimbergen with Dylan Duby, for several days before the facts .
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.
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 to recover a debt, but not on the architect. He denies that there was any question of attacking the victim.
The counsel of Youssef Allali, Me Stanislas Eskenazi and Me Jonathan De Taye, and the counsel of Yaser Abau, Me Henri Canet and Me Olivier Martins, pleaded for acquittal for the assassination of Frank Goes.
