Marion Gauthier, edited by Laura Laplaud 09:28, June 02, 2022

Loïk Le Priol, in pre-trial detention, is suspected of having killed former rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu.

He has just been tried in another case at the Paris Criminal Court on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old man is this time suspected of having beaten up a former leader of the GUD, a far-right student union dissolved in 2017.

Main suspect in the murder of former Argentinian rugby international Federico Martin Aramburu last March, Loïk Le Priol appeared on Wednesday before the Paris Criminal Court for other acts of violence.

He is also accused of beating a former leader of the GUD, a far-right student union dissolved in 2017. This leader was beaten, forced to strip naked and dance the macarena naked in 2015, all of which was filmed .

Violence committed under alcohol

The 27-year-old was tried along with four other far-right activists on Wednesday.

Loïk Le Priol has the most extensive criminal record and it was he who caught the attention of the judges.

His first words to the victim: "I'm sorry."

The ex-marine commando presents well: straight back, pulled sweater, hand in hair, in position.

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When the court told him about the violence of that night in October 2015, he replied "alcohol", "fragmented memories", "group effect".

A militant and hierarchical "group of friends" with codes of honor and recurring duels.

"Today, we are far from it," repeats the defendant, but the president is indifferent to his words.

His military experience: beatings, humiliations...

Loïk Le Priol recites again: "Alcohol is the return from a mission."

The defendant began his military career at the age of 16.

“Too early,” the defense whispers.

The psychiatric expert concludes that the man was suffering from a post-traumatic disorder and impaired discernment at the time of the events.

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The former foam then evokes his military internships: beatings, humiliations "to harden you".

A court of serious faces but the defendant clarifies that there is no inversion on his part, "all this does not excuse anything".