C‘is a gathering as there were regularly in Bassens (Gironde). In the industrial zone near the sea port, a disused car park served as “square”, as they say in the environment, for urban rodeos dedicated to motorcycles.
Except that that day, the prohibited leisure has turned into a fatal accident. A 19-year-old girl lost her life at the time, during a shock between two-wheelers.
This case was tried on Monday, August 18, at the Bordeaux Criminal Court on Monday, August 18. The opportunity to return to the events of November 24, 2024.
His cousin on the motorcycle
The first suspect led the KTM motorcycle where the victim (who is his cousin) was, at the front). Since his arrest, the 20-year-old has been placed in pre-trial detention: “I am completely responsible, he admits from the defendant box. I bought this motorcycle, I went to get Louane at his home, I invited her to take a look … “He puts the other biker in question:” He was doing anything on the road, he shifted too much on the left and he struck us. I tried to brake but I did not succeed. »»
The other appears free (under judicial supervision). He was on a Honda CRF 450, but had no memories of the accident. “I admit I had a dangerous driving, making a rear wheel. However, he says he is nightmares.
“Even prison is not hard enough for the regrets I have”
But it is everyone’s past which is ultimately the most speaking during this audience of immediate appearance with a delayed delay.
The 21 -year -old driver had been sentenced for driving without a license or insurance and under the cannabis empire in April 2024. This November, he still accumulated these same crimes. In addition, strict judicial control prevented him from leaving his home at that time. Finally, let us add that the motorcycle he was driving was stolen.
The 20 -year -old defendant is not unknown to justice either. In December 2023, the children’s judge condemned him for driving without a license, fraud and aggravated theft. This time, he still didn’t have his license.
How to condemn this chain of particularly characterized crimes? The peculiarity of this involuntary homicide affair is that the two accused inflicted on the other of serious injuries. The 21 -year -old has received sixty days of total work (ITT) and that of 20 years of a hundred days.
Ten years incurred
The prosecutor Lydie Reiss put forward “a shared form of lightness” by these two defendants which “did not understand the gravity of the facts” when they made them. She recalls that they run ten years in prison. “Even prison is not hard enough for the regrets I have,” admits the one who lost his cousin, that his lawyer says “haunted by the accident”. He received three years in prison, two years suspended probationary. But without a warrant, he temporarily left prison.
The driver of the Honda read a letter to the parents of the victim speaking of his “sincere pain”. He is sentenced to the same penalty as the other defendant. It is still unknown if they will purge their firm sentence in prison or under electronic bracelet.
