the four suspects indicted

The main suspect in the fatal attack, aged 26 and who admits to having stabbed, is indicted in particular for “aggravated murder to facilitate the escape of the author of a crime of violence”.

The four suspects implicated in the death of a teenager in Romans-sur-Isère, in Drôme, on Tuesday were indicted on Friday April 12, reports France Bleu Drôme Ardèche. They are all four from the same family. They were all placed in pre-trial detention, including the minor, awaiting a contradictory debate within 15 days for his possible placement in a closed educational center.

According to the prosecution, the alleged perpetrator of the fatal blow, aged 26, is indicted for “aggravated murder to facilitate the escape of the perpetrator of a crime of violence” and “complicity in voluntary violence with premeditation in a meeting on a minor aged 15”. He admits to having stabbed him but denies, on the other hand, having brought it to the crime scene. The prosecutor explains that he said he hit “randomly”. A version “hardly compatible with the medico-legal findings and testimonies”.

A blade of at least 20 centimeters

The 16-year-old teenager who agreed to hit the 15-year-old victim at the request of his father is indicted for “intentional premeditated violence in a meeting against a 15-year-old minor.” According to the first elements of the investigation, he came to take revenge on Tuesday after a conflict “violent and filmed” with a young person from the La Monnaie district. So he went there with his father, his brother and his brother-in-law.

The 59-year-old father, suspected of being at the origin of this “punitive expedition” in reaction to the video filmed featuring the youngest of his sons, is indicted for “complicity in willful violence with premeditation in a meeting on a minor aged 15”. He claimed not to have seen the fatal blow delivered by his adult son.

Finally, his 27-year-old son-in-law is indicted for “concealment of a fleeing criminal” and “complicity in willful violence with premeditation in a meeting against a minor under 15 years old”. It was he who was arrested first. He admitted his participation in the expedition to the Mint. He is suspected of having played a “very active role” in the family’s flight.

On Tuesday, a 15-year-old teenager was stabbed to death in the La Monnaie district of Romans-sur-Isère while trying to intervene in an altercation. According to the results of the autopsy, made public by the prosecutor, we learned that the knife had a blade of at least 20 centimeters, that there was only one blow and that it was fatal. because it perforated both lungs and hit the victim’s heart.