“Three shots, three questions, intentionality, self-defense or premeditation.” Jean-Philippe Navarre, the attorney general, ruled in favor of intentionality by riding on premeditation during his requisitions, this Saturday, November 30, 2024, which lasted more than two hours, before the Haute Assize Court. -Corsica. He demanded, in front of a room full of supporters of Marcel Vadella, a sentence of 15 years of criminal imprisonment against the accused. Or half of the penalty incurred.
This 51-year-old man, bar manager in Bastia, is accused of the murder of Jamal Fadil and attempted murder of Jaoide Fadil. The two men killed by firearms are brothers. The accused faces 30 years of criminal imprisonment.
Marcel Vadella has been appearing free with an electronic bracelet since Tuesday, after a judgment by the investigating chamber. The facts took place on December 19, 2020, early in the afternoon, rue Santa Maddalena, in the southern districts of Bastia, at the bar “L'Arcole”, managed by the accused.
The representative of the public prosecutor highlights the paradoxes of this case.
“We are taking away this humanity from the victims”
On the one hand, Marcel Vadella, “a respected businessman, whose presence of ten supporters in the room testifies to his social integration”on the other, “Jamal and Jaoide Fadil, already convicted and who could not be the victims.”
This is what fueled the hope, according to the Advocate General, “of exceptional justice on the defense side. A trial of emotion and intention. We are taking away this humanity from the victims.”
He recalls, at the same time, “the raw reality that you are judging is three shots causing one person to die and one to be seriously injured. If you doubt the presence of the knife, you must condemn. The presence of a knife comes from the sole assertion of Mr. Vadella.”
“The weapon is ready to kill”
Before surfing on premeditation: “EIs it absolutely necessary to be armed this morning? The absolute necessity because there is anger, humiliation, after the aggression of the day before. Showing up at the scene with a loaded and chambered weapon is premeditation. It is certain that the weapon is ready to kill. There is also reason to wonder about the thinking that preceded the facts. He shoots a third time while the victim's back is crouched. This is the scientific reality of the experts.”
The verdict is expected this evening after defense lawyers' closing arguments.
