Saint-Saint-Denis. 15 years in prison for the author of the fatal shooting in the background of illegal drug trafficking.

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Saint-Saint-Denis Assize Court on Thursday for shooting and killing one person and seriously injuring another in Pantin in 2019 amid a war between dealers. Standing in the box, Michel Tetaert, who was found guilty of murder and attempted murder as part of an organized gang, remained motionless as the verdict was announced.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court acquitted his alleged accomplice, a 41-year-old man, who was released due to lack of sufficient evidence to support the charges against him. “Criminal law should be stronger than city law“, struck the general attorney Elsa Jacquemini, who demanded 22 years of criminal imprisonment for the two defendants, condemning “the law of silence” which weighed in five days of hearings in Bobigny.

On the evening of February 12, 2019, 27-year-old Tiki G. was killed during a shootout in the Skandici district of Pantini, which is known as a drug selling point, and another person was seriously injured as a result. The modus operandi of the crime and the apparent conflict between the victim and the alleged sponsor, who escaped trial after receiving his own indictment, quickly pointed investigators toward settling scores resulting from a turf war between the traffickers.

This is “a file where fear and oppression were constant“, Me Jessica Belhassen, the victim’s advocate, recalled Wednesday. The case is essentially based on anonymous tips, and very few witnesses have come to court. Even the defendants who fired the shots remained silent for fear of reprisals. “He is a person to whom we give sweaters and kebabs, not a murderer“In turn launched Me Servane Crosnier to defend his client, presented as homeless, already convicted “theft“and who pulls”like a cowboy“.