- Two brothers, Guillaume and Alexandre appear this Tuesday, January 14 before the Assize Court in Strasbourg.
- They are on appeal for having killed in October 2016, a pensioner with a saber stroke, in front of his wife.
- This second trial opens despite the request for referral made by defense lawyers.
Two brothers return to the Assizes. Guillaume and Alexandre appear this Tuesday January 14 in Strasbourg. They are on appeal for having killed in October 2016, a pensioner with a saber stroke, in front of his wife.
The victim, a 63-year-old retiree, was resting after a hike with his wife in their motorhome in a parking lot in Bourbach-le-Haut, in the Haut-Rhin.
With a katana and a shotgun
The two brothers broke into the vehicle, demanding money, armed with a shotgun and a katana, a Japanese saber. The retiree was fatally injured by a blow to the abdomen with the saber. The attackers then fled with the only loot the sum of 110 euros.
At first instance, the two brothers, now aged 28 and 30, were sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment, with a two-thirds security period, for extortion with violence resulting in death. The two brothers had appealed.
The younger of the two brothers, Guillaume, had dealt the blows. He explained that he had tried to repel the pensioner, who wanted to take the gun pointed out by his brother, Alexandre.
Reference dismissed on appeal
"They recognize the facts but they had no intention of killing anyone," insisted AFP Jean-Christophe Loew, Alexander's lawyer, before the opening of the appeal trial For Maître Marylène Correia, who represents the family of the victim, "there is a moral author and an author who has dealt the fatal blow: Alexander is the instigator and the moral author and must be condemned in the same way than his brother. "
"Justice would not be done if Alexandre had less than Guillaume", according to her, while "Guillaume is completely under Alexander's control". This second trial opens despite the request for referral made by defense lawyers. The Court rejected this request, following the opinion of Advocate General Alexandre Chevrier. The magistrate found it difficult to postpone the hearing without imposing an additional test on the victim's widow. The verdict is expected Friday.
News
Colmar: Father accuses murder of 7-year-old daughter
News
Alsace: A woman stabbed to death by her companion
- Strasbourg
- Saber
- Court of Appeal
- Murder
- Justice