A former FN activist and “yellow vest” tried for an incredible assassination attempt
On the night of September 26 to 27, 2019, William S, 35, a former police officer and drug user, waits for his dealer in a deserted parking lot. The appointment was given to him on the side of Levignacclose to Bouconne forest. But he is not going there for his personal consumption: he must serve as a bodyguard to his dealer for a transaction. The latter arrives, William settles in the passenger seat… and the matter becomes unclear: the ex-policeman, who owes 960 euros to his dealer, would he have fallen into an ambush?
Still, a little later in the night, the trafficker takes out his Magnum 357 and fires five bullets, three of which hit William S. Hit in the shoulder, abdomen and arm, he is left for dead and yet, he will find the strength to crawl until a motorist discovers him around 5:15 a.m. at the edge of the D24, bloody and half naked. The miraculous is taken to the hospital, plunged into an artificial coma; when he wakes up, he will give the name of his attacker.
Five 9mm caliber bullets for 960 euros
This name is Raphaël Goiset. Arrested on October 7, 2019 at his home in Gimont, in the Gers, he admits the facts. Detained in Albi prison, his trial opens this Monday in Toulouse. And his lawyer Joris Morer is determined to lift the murder charge: according to him, the premeditation is not established, nor even the will to kill. “It’s a fit of madness. He just wanted to scare her, ”he says.
Credible, if we take into account that Raphaël Goiset is 1.70 meters tall while William S is a colossus, adept in martial arts. But how to explain that five bullets were fired, three of them at close range and the first in the back? “He was the first surprise by the shots, explains his lawyer, especially since he was also on cocaine. William S. dragged him around for several months, told him he would never see his money again; or, this money, he owed it to his mother, it was very important to him and it drove him crazy,” he adds.
The victim should also attend the hearing. William S. is handicapped for life: the 9 mm bullets left him with serious consequences. But for his lawyer Sébastien Leguay, the worst “is post-traumatic stress. He is unable to work, he has no activity. He is extremely impaired physically but also mentally. He adds that his client, now weaned from cocaine, wants above all that the judicial truth be made. “It was said that he was carrying a knife, that he would have been aggressive towards Monsieur Goiset. All of this is false. The truth is that he was thrown into a trap, the goal of which was his death, ”insists the lawyer for the civil party.
National Front, Yellow Vests, and a blemish past
According to Joris Morer, Raphaël Goiset would have obtained the weapon long before the facts “to protect himself, after he received a lot of threats”. Because his past is sulphurous. Former head of the National Youth Front in the Jura, he wants to start a new life in Toulouse where he settled in 2018. Then got involved in the movement of “yellow vests”… and the trafficking of white powder.
A figurehead of these popular movements, the accused is known for his radical, public and highly publicized positions… which could weigh heavily in the balance. As when he tweeted in 2018, a year before the facts: “Justice at two speeds. We are not all equal before the law. Too often, the courts are remarkably lax ». Words that he could bitterly regret on this day when facing the judges, he risks life imprisonment.