Even if the conflicts between the young people of the districts of Vieux-Puits, in Lucé, and those of Banane, in Mainvilliers, seem today to be calming down, this was far from being the case at the beginning of 2020.
In Mainvilliers and Lucé, the rivalries between gangs seem appeased
This January 21, it is a little after 6 p.m. when a fight breaks out between young people from Lucé and Mainvilliers, boulevard Maurice-Viollette, in Chartres, in the city center. A 16-year-old Mainvillois was stabbed. He will die of his injuries.
A 16-year-old Mainvillois, stabbed to death in the city center of Chartres
The investigators relied on the images captured by the CCTV cameras to determine the responsibilities in this tragedy. “They have done an enormous job,” notes the public prosecutor at the Chartres court, where a 19-year-old Lucéen is tried for violence with a weapon and in a meeting.
Most of the young people involved in the brawl are minors. Some will be tried for violence by the juvenile court. “Whoever is suspected of being responsible for the fatal stab wounds will be tried by the juvenile assize court”, specifies the magistrate.
One of the few adults involved in the general brawl
The Lucéen who is on trial here in Chartres is one of the few adults involved in the general brawl. This January 21, 2020, he is suspected of having hit two young people with a telescopic baton. One of the two had his skull cut open. It took six stitches.
The suspect ensures:
“I was waiting for the bus to go play a game of football with some friends. A young man hit me with his baton and he threw it at me. I picked it up, ran it, and caught it. “
The suspect (empty)
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If he admits to having used the telescopic baton, Le Lucéen denies having struck the one who had his skull cut open. “The one I hit was black. However, he is white. However, the second youth he allegedly hit could not be identified.
The young Lucéen expresses himself very little. However, he assures: “I have nothing to do with any of this. His criminal record is free of any conviction. Having become a student, he had decided to leave Lucé and continue his studies in the south of France.
Homicide in Chartres: the rival gangs of Mainvilliers and Lucé in question
“We are facing a phenomenon as violent as it is absurd”, denounces the public prosecutor, who recalls that a second death, a few weeks later, is to be deplored. A young Lucéen was killed following the death of the 16-year-old Mainvillois.
“He claims to have been attacked first,” said the magistrate. “This is not at all demonstrated by video surveillance. “
“We can not ignore the general context”, pleads Me Emmanuel Gomez for the defense, “while tensions are now calmed. He was at the bus stop with young people to go play football. “
The Lucéen is sentenced to one year in prison with probationary suspension. It is forbidden to stay in Lucé, Mainvilliers and Chartres for two years.
Jacques Joannopoulos
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