Assassination of Samy Verdier near Toulouse: “There may have been a sniper”
The two accused were able to speak this Wednesday, before the Assize Court of Haute-Garonne which judges them for the assassination in 2019 of Samy Verdier in Colomiers. Both deny being the killer.
“We made the 400 blows with Mehdi and Sami”. On the third day of the trial of Yousef Varela de Barros, 28, known as “Ursaf”, and Aboubeker Berchame, known as “Boobs”, before the Assize Court of Haute-Garonne, the two accused were able to speak. Those who both deny killed Samy Verdier on February 21, 2019, during a shooting in Colomiers, were able to give their version of that evening.
While Mehdi, the victim’s brother, had explained the day before that he was coming there to “have a drink”, his childhood best friend, “Ursaf” gave a completely different scenario. “We did not try to contact them. It’s Sami. He wanted to recover his (drug) point of sale in Tabar”. “What was planned that evening?” asks President Roussel. “We had to sample (Editor’s note, steal) Marseille residents either for money or for drugs”. Ursaf is a carrot regular. “That’s how I lived, I never worked”. But this February 21, he does not know where he is going. “You go there as a complete amateur. While you are a professional corer, there you follow, ”observes the president.
Samy, Boobs and Ursaf awaited the arrival by car of Mehdi Verdier. “He honks. Arrived at its height, it descends. Berchame will take his place. I had a gun, Boobs didn’t, Medhi also had a gun. I was going to open the rear left door. There was a flash, a detonation. I didn’t try to understand, I ran away. At no time did I draw my gun. I never shot anyone. Mehdi lies to protect himself. I’m not accusing Mehdi of shooting his brother, I don’t know what happened. There may have been a sniper…”