A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Essonne Assize Court on Tuesday November 20. He was found guilty of killing a 20-year-old in Massy in July 2020. The victim was also stabbed by the defendant's brother, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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A young man was sentenced by the Essonne Assize Court on Tuesday November 19, 2024 for a murder committed four years ago in Massy. Illustrative photo. | EDDY LEMAISTRE / WEST-FRANCE
Five men were sentenced by the Essonne Assize Court on Tuesday November 19, 2024. One of them received 14 years in prison for shooting a young man at point blank range in Massy in July 2020, relates The Parisian .
He was going to a friend's house
His sentence is well below the requisitions of the public prosecutor who had requested 25 years of imprisonment. The judge accepted the minority excuse: he was 17 years old at the time of the facts.
His brother was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stabbing the victim. Prosecuted for complicity, three other defendants were given suspended sentences.
On the day of the tragedy, the young man was going to a friend's house to spend the evening when he found himself in the middle of a clash between rival gangs. He fell to the ground before being stabbed and then shot to death. Then aged 20, he was not involved in this neighborhood war, according to our colleagues.
