Almost two years after violent assault of Yuriy in Paris, thirteen teenagers returned to trials

In his order, the investigating judge, who largely followed the requisitions of the Paris prosecutor’s office, believes that “the facts are part of a context of rivalry between young individuals”.

Le Monde with AFP

The investigating judge responsible for investigating the violent assault of the young Yuriy in Paris at the beginning of 2021, against the backdrop of a conflict between bands, ordered Tuesday, October 18, the criminal trial of thirteen adolescents or young men , according to a source close to the file. Six of them, aged 15 to 18 at the time of the events, will appear for “attempted murder” on the college student, seriously injured, who was about to celebrate his 15th birthday.

In his ordinance, the investigating judge considers that “the facts are part of a context of rivalry between young individuals, residents of 15 e district of Paris, forming the RD4 band, D ‘Part, and that of the Vanves plateau, on the other hand “. “It is established that the assault of Yuriy (…) was an act of revenge in response to the assault suffered” five days earlier by the half-brother and cousin of two of the defendants, according to the magistrate.

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In detail, the investigating judge very largely followed the requisitions of the Paris prosecutor’s office and pronounced the referral to the Assize Court of the Paris minors of six young men aged 16 to 17 and two others Aged 18 at the time of the facts, as well as the referral to the court for children ruling in criminal matters of four minors aged 14 to 15. Two trials should therefore be held, possibly behind closed doors given the age of the respondents at the time of the facts.

Born in Ukraine in 2006, Yuriy had been taken to the hospital in serious condition after being beaten during the evening of January 15, 2021, while he was with friends on the Beaugrenelle slab , the roof fitted with a shopping center of 15 e

é> arrondissement of the capital.

/Media reports.