This Friday, Guy Trompat, the father of Kévin, this 21-year-old young man found dead last March alongside his girlfriend Leslie Hoorelbeke, appeared before the Niort criminal court for “instigation of assassination not followed by effect and death threats “. He is suspected of having wanted to avenge the death of his son by planning to attack the five young men implicated, in particular for assassinations, and currently in pre-trial detention.
The bodies of the two victims were discovered buried in Charente-Maritime on March 3 and 4, 2023, after three months of research. At the time of the disappearance of the young couple, Guy Trompat was imprisoned for “willful violence”.
In recidivism, he faces ten years in prison.
Guy Trompat was presented for immediate appearance on Thursday, May 4, but, at the request of his lawyer Ambroise Garlopeau, he was granted a dismissal to prepare his defense. He was imprisoned in the penitentiary center of Vivonne, in Vienne (where the suspects of the assassination of his son are not detained) pending his trial, scheduled for Friday, June 2.
According The Parisian, the Niort prosecutor’s office had opened a preliminary investigation after receiving information at the end of March that Guy Trompat “would seek to recruit detainees to eliminate those responsible for the murder of his son in prison”. He would have promised a reward of 100,000 euros to those who would help him to achieve his revenge, a point which he disputes according to what reports The New Republic of the brief hearing on May 4.
The 50-year-old is also being prosecuted for “death threats materialized in writing, image or any other object in recidivism” and incurs a ten-year prison sentence, according to the Niort prosecutor’s office. His record has 22 entries for aggravated theft, death threats, possession of weapons and domestic violence, further specifies The New Republic. Guy Trompat notably relayed calls targeting the defendants on social networks and disseminated their portraits within various prison establishments. Faced with the risk of repetition of the facts, the court decided to keep him in pre-trial detention until his hearing.
At this stage of the investigation into the murder of the young couple, we know that Kevin Trompat and Leslie Hoorelbeke were killed by blows with a “blunt object”, according to the Poitiers prosecutor’s office, which evoked a “sentimental disappointment and/or financial debts” as possible motives.
Collapsed by the death of his son, Guy Trompat organized a white march on March 12 in tribute to the two victims, demanding justice.
Maître Ambroise Garlopeau, the defendant’s lawyer, did not respond to requests from 20 minutes.