Brawl in Essonne: trial required against the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Lilibelle, killed at 14


A trial before the assize court for minors has been requested against the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Lilibelle, killed at 14 during a brawl between rival gangs in Saint-Cheron (Essonne) in February 2021, learned Wednesday 7 December AFP to the Évry public prosecutor’s office.

Against this 16-year-old minor at the time of the events, who admitted having stabbed him fatally during the investigation, the prosecution also requested a trial before the juvenile court for acts of aggravated violence and participation in a group. with a view to committing violence.

House arrest

First placed in pre-trial detention, he has been placed under electronic surveillance and house arrest since last spring. Contacted by AFP, his lawyer and that of Lilibelle’s family did not respond immediately.

In addition, the prosecution requested a trial before the juvenile court for aggravated violence, participation in a group to commit violence and for failure to assist a person in danger against five other adolescents, then aged between 14 and 16 years old, according to the final indictment signed on November 17.

On February 22, 2021, several miners from Dourdan went to Saint-Cheron to “fight it out“. In the brawl,with fists and feet“, one of the miners of Dourdan had stabbed the 14-year-old girl in the upper thigh. She died as a result of internal bleeding. All contest thepremeditated characterof the brawl, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The rivalry between these young people from Dourdan and Saint-Cheron dates back to the summer of 2020, “against a background of messages, insults and provocations on social networks“, had indicated the prosecutor of Évry at the time of the facts. The next day, February 23, 2021, in another town in Essonne, in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, a 14-year-old boy was killed in another clash between gangs of young people.

This department, which alone accounted for a quarter of the brawls recorded in France in 2020, is the regular scene of sometimes very violent clashes between young people from neighborhoods or rival cities, even if the origin of this competition often remains nebulous.



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