Before the verdict was announced, the rapper once again proclaimed his innocence. He has ten days to appeal.
From rising “Afro-trap” star to prison. The rapper MHD was sentenced, Saturday, September 23, to twelve years in prison by the Paris Assize Court, where he appeared with eight co-defendants for the murder of a young man in 2018, as part of a settlement of accounts between rival gangs.
>> Trial of rapper MHD: we summarize the murder case judged at the assizes
Five of his co-defendants were also sentenced to sentences ranging from 10 to 18 years in prison. Three other men were acquitted. The prosecution had requested 18 years of criminal imprisonment against the artist, whose real name is Mohamed Sylla, 13 to 20 years in prison against six other defendants, and two acquittals.
When the verdict was announced, MHD remained stoic, before hugging a crying woman. He was then taken directly to the depot. His lawyers declined to make a statement. Those convicted have ten days to appeal, while the rapper continues to proclaim his innocence.
A compromising video
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2018, Loïc K., a young man aged 23, was deliberately knocked down by a Mercedes in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, then beaten up by around ten men and lacerated with blows. of knives. He was dead, lying in his blood, a few dozen minutes after his attackers left. The car was found the next day, set on fire, in a parking lot.
At the heart of the case, a settling of scores between young people from the city of Chaufourniers, nicknamed the red city, from which the accused come, and the neighboring city of Grange aux Belles, located in the 10th and 19th arrondissements. The rapper was implicated by several witnesses who claimed that he was at the scene of the crime, which he has denied from the start.
Investigators also establish that the Mercedes set on fire belonged to him and one of the videos of the scene, taken from an apartment, shows a black man with dyed blond hair, wearing a Puma tracksuit. However, at that time, MHD had peroxided hair and was an ambassador for the sports brand.