Failing to fill up with shops, the Capucins shopping center is full of idle young people, with more or less criminal acts. The band grows according to the friends that we round up on a simple phone call and according to the program of the day.
A spark is enough to ignite the powder, like this January 21, 2022 when a supposed stampede went wrong. The victim is a 15-year-old teenager, who has the misfortune to cross paths with this small band in the aisles of the center.
Followed to Wilson Park, the boy is relieved of his cell phone after being threatened and intimidated. Traumatized since the events, he has not yet returned to high school and is undergoing psychotherapy.
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Threats and an ambush
On January 31, bis repetita. But this time, the victim is designated through a third party, who gives him an appointment during the day, in a dead end near the Capuchins. A real ambush for this 15-year-old teenager, who found himself face to face with 13 enraged kids barely older than him.
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First there is a brush, which sends him to the ground, then crutches to the head and two stab wounds to the elbow and leg. His attackers free him after having stripped him of his belongings: jacket, bag and branded hat, cell phone, wallet…
La Poste agents give the alert while listening to the kid recount his attack. The police come to pick up the protagonists who have fallen back on the Capuchins. All the arsenal of petty criminals is found: cutter, pocket knife, electric pulse gun, tear gas canister.
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A young adult sentenced
Since then, justice has looked into the fate of these troublemakers, domiciled in the Thionvilloise agglomeration: the main respondents are not yet 18 years old. Three have already been tried in Thionville, a fourth in Metz. Three other trials are expected in Thionville.
Last Monday, a major appeared in correctional for threats and theft with violence in meeting. “Each time, it was you who were called to put pressure on the victims,” recalled the president. On January 31, “it was you who struck the victim’s head with a crutch…”
The defendant, aged 19 and residing in Terville, denied in block. “I was just present but I did nothing”. The latter has already spent a month in detention for not having respected the judicial control prohibiting him from frequenting the Capucins shopping center since the beginning of February. “I had forgotten…” he defended himself arrogantly.
The court sentenced him to 15 months in prison fully accompanied by probation for two years. He will also have to perform 140 hours of community service, train or work, and is prohibited from appearing in Thionville and coming into contact with his victims. He will also have to compensate his victims for moral damage up to €800 and €1,000.
