Rapper MHD tried for murder is sentenced to 12 years in prison

2023-09-23 22:09:31

Despite his protests of innocence, MHD was found guilty of the murder of a 23-year-old young man. Rapper MHD was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Paris Assize Court this Saturday, for his alleged involvement in the murder of Loïc K., who was lynched as part of a settling of scores between rival Parisian gangs in 2018. He maintains his innocence. Five other co-defendants also received sentences ranging from 10 to 18 years, while three others were acquitted.

The court’s decision, following long deliberations this Saturday, turned out to be less severe than the prosecution’s requisitions. The attorney general pleaded Thursday for an 18-year prison sentence once morest the rapper. After three weeks of trial, he described the facts submitted to the court as “very serious on the criminological scale”, demanding severe sanctions for seven of the nine accused in this case.

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The rapper’s defense, for its part, had argued in favor of his acquittal on Friday, denouncing a “judicial fiasco” and a file “built on the basis of rumors”. Me Antoine Vey, one of MHD’s lawyers, regretted that “All of this wouldn’t have happened this way if it hadn’t been for him”.

The settling of scores in question dates back to the night of July 5 to 6, 2018, when Loïc K., aged 23, was deliberately knocked down by a Mercedes in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, then violently attacked by around ten individuals. and stabbed several times. The vehicle was found burned a day later in a parking lot. This case revolves around a dispute between young people from the city of Chaufourniers, also known as the “red city”, and the neighboring city of Grange aux Belles, located in the 10th and 19th arrondissements of Paris.

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