“It was I who killed little Samir in the parking lot… You did well to catch me because I was fed up” This is the sentence that a man, arrested on Sunday for driving under the influence, would have pronounced. drunk, and recognized by a police officer as being wanted for a murder committed in March in Paris, according to police sources and close to the investigation.
The man was arrested at dawn in the north of the capital. He was first examined all morning to check the compatibility of his state of health with the police custody regime. On his return at midday to the 18th arrondissement police station, the police officer in charge of reception recognizes him as a man named Kamel, wanted for murder, an identity different from that given to a first judicial police officer. His photo had been shown in all the police stations. Before entering his custody cell, the suspect also confessed to the murder to another police officer.
Skull smashed “by helmet blows”
A deadly brawl took place in March in an underground car park in Goutte d’Or, a popular district of the 18th arrondissement. “Samir”‘s skull had been smashed “with a helmet”. The investigations of the Parisian judicial police lead on the track of two brothers. The eldest surrendered on April 17, admitted his involvement and was indicted and then remanded in custody.
The latter mentioned the involvement of the victim in a burglary at the home of his parents several years ago without this having been able to be confirmed at this stage by the investigation.
The man arrested on Sunday is also charged with contempt and driving without a license.