Between the witnesses who come coerced by the police, because they “can no longer deal with this case”, those who remain untraceable and the memory which vacillates eleven years after the facts, the jurors of the assize court of Bobigny did not have an easy task this Wednesday. Since Tuesday, they have been trying Adamy T., found in London in 2015 when he had been sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison two years earlier, for the surge of violence that cost Azzedine Bousseksou’s life in 2006 in Montreuil.
“Azzedine was a guy from my neighborhood, like a little brother, if I could go back … He came back to help me, I’m alive, he lost his,” slips at the bar Samir , the rescued friend, who confides that he has “always been afraid” for eleven years. He describes a relentlessness, without warning. “There were ten or fifteen of them, they hit me with iron bars, and a knife, I’m sure, pricked my ear, they worked hard,” continues Samir.
Was Adamy there? That’s the whole question. At the time, he used crutches to move forward. However “one or even two crutches” were noticed in the fight, by witnesses or wounded. Nicolas, Azzedine’s friend, even says that he was hit with one of them. During the investigation, he clearly designated Adamy among the attackers. But this Wednesday, it is no longer formal. “It’s hard to say …” he repeats.
Could confusion have arisen with other Adamy brothers? Mamadou T., younger and one more head than Adamy, was well rue de Paris that evening and he was sentenced to ten years in prison. He came to testify at his brother’s trial … Free when he was sentenced to ten years in prison. He appealed and has since been released pending trial. ” [Adamy] had a muscle tear, he couldn’t fight… ”, maintains Mamadou, who almost pleads self-defense. “A discordant tale,” says the president, who also lets go: “I understand that you are not swinging your brother, you are not swinging his city buddies, then his own brother.” “
Before the fight, Mamadou called his brother Adamy on the phone. Adamy was then in the company of a friend, Kevin, the author of the fatal stab, sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. Kevin was taken from his prison to testify. Once his handcuffs removed at the bar, he explains in great detail that that evening, Amady had gotten out of his car, leaving a crutch inside, which was allegedly taken by “young children” to fight. “It is fascinating the number of details that were not brought into the proceedings,” said the Advocate General. “Adamy T. was not there, I am 100% formal” maintains Kevin before going back to prison, under police escort. In the box, Adamy does not blink. At 7 p.m., when the lights go out in the assize court, after nine testimonies, a feeling of confusion dominates. It remains to be seen whether it will benefit the accused or not. His questioning is scheduled for today and the verdict expected Friday.
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