Near Toulouse, a 14-year-old teenager attacked by a duo armed with a jack in Auterive
During the holidays, two men armed with a jack attacked a teenager in the middle of the night in the hall of a building in Auterive. They have just been tried and sentenced.
“I don’t sleep, I don’t eat, I don’t go out anymore.” The young man who addresses the president of the Toulouse criminal court at the immediate comparison hearing this Wednesday is only 14 years old. Despite his fear, Quentin* came to attend the trial of his two attackers arrested after an investigation by the Auterive gendarmes.
The facts date back to the night of Wednesday, December 28 in this town in the south of the department. It’s 3 a.m. and Quentin is chatting with a friend at the foot of a building when a white Peugeot 106 passes with four people on board. The two friends do not pay more attention than that until she returns.
“It challenged me that they are slowing down. At first I thought they were looking for someone. It intrigues me “. The teenager then looks in the direction of the car. Too many looks. The vehicle stops and two men get out, one with a jack. “I was in the lobby of the building. They asked me to open the door. I asked why and they forced.
“What do you have on you?” asks the man armed with the jack. His victim, petrified, hands him his bag. The two boys run away with it. Quentin takes refuge on the first floor of the building. But his attackers fell. They give him back his keys. “It was so he could go home,” says the duo, alcoholic at the time.
“Predation”
On the grounds for the assault, these 18-year-old boys confirm a look that they did not like. “He was staring at us, he was nervous,” thinks one of the two remembers. That night, aboard the Peugeot 106, they had decided to roam the streets of Auterive. “We just wanted to ride at night and the streets are simpler, explain those who do not have a permit. We rode with friends, we didn’t take each other’s heads.
The Laval prosecutor describes: “We go from the road trip to Auterive to predatory behavior”. He requires 3 years in prison, 2 of which are probationary. For the defense, Mes Elodie Bayer and Julie Ratynski emphasize “the immaturity of young people who are bored. They are not bullies”. They are sentenced to 2 years in prison, including 18 months suspended probation. They will do the firm part under an electronic bracelet.