On October 11, 2021 in Namur, for a cultural reason, the 3 defendants, accompanied by 2 minors, stole the smartphone of a 15-year-old minor. They then took him to the citadel of Namur before giving him around fifty kicks, punches, elbows and knees, all over his body. The scene was filmed and posted on social media.
The first defendant acknowledges the facts. The second admits having been present, but claims to have wanted to separate the main perpetrator and the victim, he says he regrets not having ended the scene. The last defendant claims to have arrived on the spot only following the scene of beatings.
The lawyer for the parents of the victim, who are civil parties, claims 1,500 euros on a provisional basis and requests the realization of an expertise, the young person suffering from an incapacity of more than 4 months.
Counsel for the first defendant, once morest whom 10 years are required, requests an acquittal for the prevention of extortion and pleads a sentence of independent probation for that of assault and battery. The lawyer of the second, once morest whom the parquet floor requires 7 years of prison, pleads the acquittal for the two preventions. 8 years are required once morest the last speaker, his lawyer pleads a sentence accompanied by a suspended sentence for what exceeds the preventive detention already carried out.
Judgment September 5.
