Three AC Ajaccio supporters will be tried for “aggravated violence” on August 25 for the attack on little Kenzo and his family on the sidelines of the match between the Corsican club and Olympique de Marseille on June 3, said Wednesday the prosecutor of Ajaccio.
“The three defendants, aged in their twenties, unknown to the courts, will be given a summons” Wednesday afternoon to be tried by the “Ajaccio correctional court on August 25 at 10:30 am”, a specified in a press release Nicolas Septe, the public prosecutor of Ajaccio. They will be prosecuted for “aggravated violence within a sports arena and extortion by violence of the shirt committed on Kenzo’s father”. “A placement under judicial control providing for a ban on attending a sports arena will also be required,” said the magistrate.
“They deny any violence against young Kenzo”
The police custody of a fourth supporter, suspected for a time of having set fire to the OM jersey snatched from Kenzo’s father, was lifted on Tuesday “without it being possible to establish or even corroborate the fact that this jersey was indeed burned, as was originally reported, ”added the magistrate.
The three defendants “all gave a version of the facts in very clear withdrawal with the constant statements of the victims, in particular with regard to the blows inflicted on Kenzo’s father”, underlined the prosecutor, specifying that “the young Kenzo maintained that he had been “josted” in the dressing room”. “They deny in particular having committed any violence on young Kenzo”, one of the protagonists nevertheless admitting “that the tone used with regard to the father” and “their behavior” had been able to “impress and shock Kenzo and his brother “, Details the prosecutor.
Macron’s reaction
“The medical examinations carried out on the victims” report “a proven traumatic impact and total incapacity for work (ITT) ranging from 1 to 2 days on Kenzo’s father, Kenzo, his brother and their mother”, further specified the prosecutor.
Kenzo, a young eight-year-old supporter of Olympique de Marseille, suffering from brain cancer, had been invited to Corsica on June 3 to fulfill his “dream” of meeting players from the Ligue 1 club. reactions to President Emmanuel Macron, who asked for “clear and strong” sanctions. The Professional Football League (LFP) and the ACA have filed a complaint.