Death of Axelle Dorier in Lyon in 2020: the driver of the car sentenced to 12 years in prison

At the end of four days of hearing, the Rhône Assize Court sentenced Friday, January 20 at the end of the day the driver of the car who violently mowed down Axelle Dorier, before dragging her for more than 800 meters, to twelve years of criminal imprisonment.

Youcef Tebbal, a 24-year-old young man, was sentenced this Friday to twelve years of criminal imprisonment for having knocked down and killed in the car Axelle Dorier, dragged over more than 800 meters in July 2020 in Lyon.

Sixteen years of imprisonment had been required

He had been appearing since Tuesday before the Rhône Assize Court for intentional violence resulting in death without intention to give it and hit and run. Sixteen years of imprisonment had been requested against him. His cousin Mohamed-Amine Yelloule, a passenger in the vehicle, was given a five-year prison sentence, two of which are firm, for failing to assist a person in danger.

Against the 22-year-old, Advocate General Romain Ducrocq had requested five years in prison, including one year, without asking for his imprisonment. He also spoke of “a dramatic affair charged with immense emotion”.

Died on her birthday night

The drama took place on the night of July 18 to 19, 2020 in the Fourvière district of Lyon where Axelle Dorier had come to celebrate her 23rd birthday with her twin brothers and friends. The dog of a guest of Axelle’s group had been run over by the car of a young woman who had come with friends to find Youcef Tebbal and Mohamed-Amine Yelloule.

The vehicle was then surrounded by members of Axelle’s group. Insults and beatings on the vehicle followed, followed by violence against the young woman. Axelle, who had called the police about the overturned dog, then stood in front of the Golf driven by Youcef Tebbal to prevent the young man and his cousin from leaving. She had been hit by the Golf once, falling to the ground, then a second time. His body had been trapped under the car and dragged more than 800 meters.

The driver said he panicked

On Tuesday, Youcef Tebbal “apologized for everything that happened”. “Axelle Dorier, I haven’t seen her. It was an accident,” he said, denying having hit her on purpose.

Thursday, he nevertheless caused trouble by declaring: “the person responsible for the death of Axelle Dorier is Clément Saussac (her boyfriend, editor’s note) who jumped on the Golf, which made me start leaving !”

He explained that he panicked as “it slapped right and left” and about 15 people surrounded him. “Axelle Dorier, I saw it as if it were my sister. I feel what the family feels and I am ready to pay,” he said.

Representing 15 civil parties, Me Gabriel Versini-Bullara denounced his behavior and his “seven requests for release in two and a half years”, evoking an “unbearable culture of offense reduction”. “You made Axelle Dorier a puppet,” he lambasted, referring to the mutilated body of the young woman.

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