A 72-year-old man died on Tuesday after being attacked a few days earlier outside his home in Vieux-Condé (North) by young people whom he had asked to make less noise, we learned from the parquet floor of Valenciennes.
“Three individuals” aged 18, 17 and 14, “who had no criminal record”, were indicted in this case, according to the prosecution.
On the night of July 5 to 6, police officers from the Valenciennes police station intervened in Vieux-Condé following the attack on this man “who was discovered lying on the public highway”.
According to the first investigations, the victim had left his home around 11 p.m. “due to the noisy presence of these three young people in front of his home”, underlined the prosecution.
While the man invited them to leave the premises, “an altercation ensued, the 17-year-old young man punching and kicking the victim multiple times, especially when the latter was on the ground after to have fallen under the impact of the blows”, added this same source.
The three young people indicted, including one for attempted murder
Hospitalized since, his “vital prognosis was engaged”. According to a source familiar with the matter, he had been brain dead since Saturday.
The 17-year-old was charged with “attempted murder” and remanded in custody. Young people aged 18 and 14 were indicted for “non-impediment to commit a crime or misdemeanor and failure to assist a person in danger”.
These examinations should be requalified after the death of the septuagenarian.
“I have remained silent until today in the face of the tragedy that has affected our city. Like all of you, I am in a state of shock at this act of rare violence, ”said the mayor of the commune David Bustin on Tuesday in a press release.
“He is someone we have always known, a former retired florist who was part of the union of merchants of Vieux-Condé and was a member of the charity association Colis du Coeur,” said the mayor. of the town to AFP.
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