In 2020, Axelle Dorier, a young woman was killed after being hit by a car and shot hundreds of meters. On the dock, Youcef Tebbal faces the family of the young woman in a trying trial. His father spoke and brought some elements on this evening which turned into a tragedy.
The trial of Youcef Tebbal and Mohamed Yelloule, tried for the death of Axelle Dorier, takes place from Tuesday to Friday at the Rhône Assize Court in Lyon. It is a particularly poignant incident that is told. The facts took place on the hill of Fourvière, near the park of Heights. It’s a joint birthday party for Axelle and her two brothers.
On July 19, 2020, the two accused struck, with a vehicle Youcef Tebbal was driving, the young woman, before dragging his body for 800 m. They surrendered to the police two hours later. According to their statements, they both claim not to have seen Axelle when they hit her.
It all started with a festive evening, before the changeover in the drama. Until the dog belonging to friends of Axelle who is organizing a small party is run over by a car. Then things follow.
The father of one of the defendants spoke, report our colleagues from 20 minutes : “He told me he stopped after 800m to remove the bumper and that’s when he found out there was a body.” “He then remained frozen for a few seconds before leaving to save his skin “says the 60-year-old man. He assures that his son “wouldn’t hurt anyone “.
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Axelle Dorier case: accident following a feeling of panic or voluntary act?
The accused claims for his part that he does not understand that the body of the young woman remained stuck under the car he was driving, nevertheless he stops all the same on the way to his escape, realizing that his car behaves unnatural. This is one of the crux of this affair. The accused then explains becoming aware of the body lying on the ground while looking “in his rear view mirror”. That’s when he realizes “that he had run over and dragged someone “. The driver of the vehicle justified his flight by fear of being lynched. By a climate of violence, it affirmed that it feared for its security.
“I haven’t seen Axelle, I haven’t seen anyone, replies Youcef Tebbal. His death, I will suffer it all my life, as if it were a loved one, ”he says as the relatives of the victim leave the room, angry.
“You are monsters”replied the father of the victim, believing that they had “voluntarily” killed Axel.
For Axelle’s mother, it is “strictly impossible” that the driver did not feel what was under the car. “He has to see her already. He hit her the first time, she ended up on the hood. They stopped, then they started again. Once the car had stopped, Axelle got up“, regrets his father. “So yes, he has to see her. It’s impossible to believe that“, he continues, according to comments reported by RTL.
Youcef Tebbal, prosecuted for “violence with a weapon without the intention of giving it”incurs a sentence of 20 years in prison.