On Thursday, the Namur Assize Court handed down a 28-year prison sentence to Terry Hoyoux, 26, convicted of the murder of Anita Lekeu, burglary, climbing or false key and fraud. computer on May 10, 2022 by the Assize Court of Liège. After a passage before the Court of Cassation, the case returned this week to Namur, where the debates focused only on the sentence.
Earlier in the morning, Advocate General Schils had requested 27 years in prison once morest the accused, who committed the acts in Wanze on the night of October 24 to 25, 2019, asking the jurors not to recognize him extenuating circumstances.
Me Dulieu and Gilissen had for their part asked the jurors not to pronounce a sentence of more than 20 years in prison once morest their client and to recognize the following mitigating circumstances: his confession, his young age and his immaturity, his life course, his personality and in particular his generosity towards his loved ones. But also his remorse and his attempts at resocialization
The Liège Assize Court imposed a 25-year prison sentence on the accused, while acknowledging that he had mitigating circumstances, namely the absence of a criminal record, his young age, his life and personality. While the legal sentencing range for murder is between 20 and 30 years, recognizing mitigating circumstances brings it down to a range of 15 to 20 years. The condemnation judgment of the Assize Court of Liège was therefore quashed by the Court of Cassation last October, following an appeal by the public prosecutor, 2 weeks following the verdict.
