The man, completely in a daze, felt that he hadn’t had enough yet. He was accompanied by an acquaintance to go buy a load of cocaine in Longwy. When they returned, the man injected himself with the substance and fell like a weight. The lady who drove him panicked, did not give him the slightest care, and called two friends they knew to come. None of the three had the presence of mind to call for help. “The investigation proved that the victim was still alive around 7:30 p.m.assures Ms. Seret. At 8:25 p.m., you noticed that your friend was drooling and breathing. He died around 11:30 p.m. So you stayed for four hours next to a man whose life was slipping away without calling for help. With a little presence of mind, he would be with us today.”
Punishable with a criminal penalty
The main accused is accused, in addition to possession and delivery of narcotics, of deprivation of care leading to death, which is punishable by a criminal sentence. The two acolytes are being prosecuted for failure to assist a person in danger.
The public prosecutor requested prison sentences for each defendant based on their role. The supplier of the cocaine, one of the bigwigs of the gang of Tunisians who are rampant in the Longwy region, but who delivers his merchandise in the small village of Ville-Houdlémont to avoid having to cross the border, could receive 5 years of imprisonment. imprisonment, but was not present at the hearing. The main defendant, a repeat drug dealer, is also involved in a case in which her former companion also died in unclear circumstances. Four years are required against her. The two other friends in the group risk 10 months in prison.
Me Gavroy believes that the four years required against his client are greatly exaggerated, knowing that she only delivered one of the twelve substances ingested and that there is nothing to prove that it was this one which caused the death. The other lawyers, Me Marc Kauten and Me Dimitri Soblet, minimized the role of their respective clients, limiting it, at worst, to a poor assessment of the situation. They demanded acquittals. The court chaired by Céline Peiffer will pronounce its judgment on December 4.
