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William Lacoste died on the night of Wednesday December 18 to Thursday December 19 in horrible, atrocious conditions. His body was found in his downtown apartment, massacred by his neighbor.
He still can’t believe it. A few days after the burial of William Lacoste, on Friday December 27, Didier, his uncle, does not understand the surge of violence to which his 47-year-old nephew was the victim. “William is someone who has always been very kind. For example, he very often went to Lourdes to push the disabled. He was a very big believer, very generous,” breathes Didier Lacoste.
A suspect with a terrifying profile and multiple convictions
A good dough which shared the level of a repeat offender, Tarik Boujraoui, around thirty mentions in his criminal record. The 36-year-old man was convicted of rape at gunpoint, robbery, violent theft and kidnapping. Him, the child abandoned by his parents who left for Morocco and entrusted to relatives in Lot-et-Garonne.
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Born in Montauban, Tarik Boujraoui worked in Haute-Garonne before joining the 47 recently. Arriving in this building in downtown Tonneins, it doesn’t take long for him to create a reign of terror on the different floors. “He demanded money from everyone. People were afraid of it. We were told that a lady had 90 days of total incapacity for work (ITT). She did not dare to file a complaint, too afraid. »
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Among his victims, William Lacoste: “He visibly sympathized at first with his neighbor,” regrets his uncle. Before everything goes wrong. According to the first elements of the investigation, the victim, physically disabled, was the target of torture and barbaric acts from November 1st. With a rise in power with a fatal outcome.
“We have the impression of being left a little abandoned”
On the night of December 18 to 19, the suspect took out his anger on William Lacoste. In addition to the heavy punches and broomstick blows, he did not fail to immortalize the scene with his smartphone. “He’s a brave boy who was beaten to death and filmed. Can you imagine the horror? The suffering he suffered? He didn’t deserve this. Not him,” enrages Didier Lacoste.
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Since the burial of his nephew on December 27, he has not stopped thinking about William. “We seek to pay tribute, to make people talk about him. We have the impression of being left a little abandoned. We don’t really know what’s happening, how things are evolving,” he regrets.
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First arrested at Bordeaux station, then placed in police custody, Tarik Boujraoui, still presumed innocent, has been placed in pre-trial detention since December 21 while awaiting his trial.
