Born in Ukraine in 2006, Yuriy, a schoolboy who was about to turn 15, was taken to hospital in serious condition after being beaten up on the evening of January 15, 2021, while he was was with friends on the Beaugrenelle slab.
The investigating judges followed the requisitions of the Paris prosecutor's office and pronounced, last October, the dismissal for trial of 13 teenagers aged 14 to 18 at the time of the facts, including six for "attempted murder".
Since then, one of them has benefited from a dismissal pronounced on December 15 by the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal for lack of sufficient charges.
Four young people will be tried in the juvenile court ruling in criminal matters, from February 1 to 3.
The trial should be held behind closed doors.
On January 15, 2021, Yuriy, a schoolboy who was about to celebrate his 15th birthday, was taken to Necker hospital in serious condition after being beaten up on the Beaugrenelle slab, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, by a ten people.
Two years after this violent attack, four minors will appear before the juvenile court ruling in criminal matters, from February 1 to 3, learns
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from a judicial source.
One of them will be tried for "attempted murder", two others for "complicity in attempted murder", and the last for "criminal conspiracy to commit a crime".
The four defendants being all under the age of 16 at the time of the events, the trial could be held behind closed doors.
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, Me Laura David, who represents the teenager dismissed for "attempted murder", did not wish to speak before the hearing.
His client, who was 15, admitted in police custody to having kicked Yuriy in the face but claimed not to have used the hammer he had in his possession that day to hit him.
He also always assured the investigating judges that he had no intention of killing the victim.
An audience approached with “serenity”
"A context of rivalry" between gangs and who was 15 years old at the time, did not strike Yuriy.
On the other hand, the investigations showed that he was present at the scene of the attack and that he witnessed the surge of violence suffered by the victim without intervening.
He is fired, too, for .
Aged 14 at the material time, he will appear for "criminal conspiracy to commit a crime".
His lawyer, Me Julien Fresnault, did not wish to make a statement before the hearing following this hearing which we approach with serenity, ”declares the lawyer in their place, underlined Me Landon.
At worst, he may have warned some of the youngsters he knew about the arrival of another gang, but that was it.
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The teenager defended by Me Dylan Slama, who was 15 years old at the time, did not hit Yuriy.
On the other hand, the investigations showed that he was present at the scene of the attack and that he witnessed the surge of violence suffered by the victim without intervening.
He is also fired for "complicity in attempted murder".
“My client has a more marginal role, very very peripheral.
I am happy that it is coming to an end for him and that he can, I hope, return to a normal life following this hearing which we approach with serenity, ”declares the lawyer to
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Another trial before the assizes
The fourth teenager tried by the criminal juvenile court is accused of having taken "an active part in the organization of the violence which was then to be committed on the victim in a context of revenge", indicate the investigating judges in their order reference, consulted by
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.
Aged 14 at the material time, he will appear for "criminal conspiracy to commit a crime".
His lawyer, Me Julien Fresnault, did not wish to make a statement before the hearing.
In addition, eight other young boys, who were aged 16 or more at the time, will be sent back to the Assize Court for Minors.
The hearing date has not yet been set.
Finally, another teenager, who was sent back to the Assize Court for "participation in a criminal association", benefited from a dismissal pronounced on December 15 by the investigating chamber of the Court of call from Paris.
The young man, defended by Mes Caroline Girard and Marianne Abgrall, had made the trip on the slab with crutches to "defend" himself, he explained during the investigation.
But when he arrived, the firefighters were already there.
He then received a call “telling him that it was over” and that he had to leave.
He had been exonerated by the other suspects.
“A context of rivalry” between gangs
In their order of indictment, the investigating judges consider that "the facts are part of a context of rivalry between young individuals, residents of the 15th arrondissement of Paris, forming the RD4 band on the one hand, and that of the plateau of Vanves on the other hand".
"It is established that Yuriy's attack [...] was an act of revenge in response to the attack suffered" five days earlier by the half-brother and cousin of two of the defendants, according to the magistrates, which recall that the victim had a screwdriver in his pocket.
Yuriy had asked witnesses who had come to help him to remove it and hide it in a flower box.
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, Yuriy's lawyer, Me Francis Szpiner, did not respond to our requests.
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