A 22-year-old man was indicted and detained on Monday for fatally beating his eldest half-brother on Saturday morning in Fuans, Doubs, the prosecutor's office said. The unemployed man, already convicted of violence and living in Strasbourg, had come to spend the weekend with his half-brother, aged 33, with his two sisters.
On Saturday morning, the two men, who had spent the night in a bar and then a disco, had decided to walk back to the elder's home, taking the road to Fuans, a village of 500 inhabitants located 50 km away. east of Besançon. "On the road, there was a dispute for which we do not know the reason: (the suspect) said that his brother gave him a slap and there was an outbreak of violence," said Margaret Parietti, vice-president prosecutor in Besançon.
Also indicted for escape
The 30-year-old, who was being transported to Besançon University Hospital, "showed major cerebral cranial trauma, was hypothermic, had multiple bruises on the thorax and a consequent fronto-parietal wound," said Margaret Parietti, adding that no injuries were reported. on the other hand, was found on the youngest. The victim, brain dead, died Sunday morning.
The gendarmes had been alerted by witnesses. When they arrived, the young man was standing next to his unconscious brother in a ditch. Placed in custody, he took advantage of an interview with his lawyer to flee the gendarmerie. "He was found 20 to 30 minutes later," said the deputy prosecutor. He has also been indicted for evasion, she added.