an uncle and his nephew tried 22 years after the events in Nancy

On February 20, 2023, the body of Philippe Charuel was found, badly beaten, in the ditch of a departmental road in Gondreville (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

22 years after the macabre discovery, the two accused are on trial from this Monday, January 20 in Nancy for “sequestration followed by death”.

The two accused already convicted in 2011 for the death of Philippe Charuel

Aged 52 and 40, the two accused, of Romanian nationality and from the same family, will be tried until Thursday by the Assize Court of Meurthe-et-Moselle. After a long run, they were arrested in Spain on August 1 and 2, 2023.

The two men had already been convicted in absentia and in their absence, in 2011, at 30 and 26 years of imprisonment for their role in the death of Philippe Charuel.

A 29-year-old man “without history”

Philippe Charuel, 29 years old, was sales executive looking for a job at the time of the events, resided in Toul, a few kilometers from where his body was discovered.

He was described as “a man without history” who frequented nightclubs, recently separated from his wife and father of a young child.

His car was found stained with blood in downtown Nancy.

Defendants involved in pimping

According to the Spanish police who arrested them, the two fugitives were “involved in pimping”. They had been living near Barcelona for around twenty years, under a false identity.

In this case, two young Romanian prostitutes said they had been bothered by Mr. Charuel, who was then put in a car by two men they said they did not know.

The investigation, however, showed that the two accused, an uncle and his nephew, are said to be the pimps of the two women.

With AFP

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