“You do not scare me”, launched Nourdine, right in the eyes of each of the two accused present in the box. For more than two hours at the helm of the Aix-en-Provence Assize Court on Thursday, the 22-year-old persisted in appointing Khadim Thiam, said Jimmy, 28, and Samir Zerouali, said ZZ, 26 years old, as being the assassins of Rudy, a 15-year-old kid, executed in 2016. A courageous and rare testimony in the cases of settling of scores in Marseille, so much the fear of reprisals is usually a guarantee of the omerta.
The latter was also eagerly awaited, the prosecution having no material element, or almost. What will manage to make him say master Philippe Jacquemin, lawyer of Samir Zerouali. “I know it in my heart,” replied Nourdine, her braids plastered, Air Max on her feet and banana slung, shortly after remaking the film of Rudy’s last night.
“’Raptor’ looked sad. Those who were there knew ”
It is midnight, this Thursday, November 17, 2016, when Nordine, 17 years old at the time, and her friend Rudy, 15 years old, end their day as a “charcoal” and go up to the 8th floor of the C1 tower of the City of Jean- Jaurès (14th) with the recipe. Like every evening, to do the accounts, they join in the apartment-office Ayman Metwally, known as “Raptor”, the manager of the point of the stup, currently imprisoned for a sentence of 6 years.
The sequence of events is precisely what occupies the courtyard, not helped by the abundance of “I don’t know” and her sister “I don’t remember anymore”, stated by Ayman Metwally, 23 years old today, telescope. view, black cotton joggers and curly hair worn short. Extracted from his cell in Salon-de-Provence for the occasion, the “little” manager – his then boss, Issam Aouri, was assassinated in 2017 – presents himself “as someone in a friendly and jovial mood” .
“I don’t know who was there that night. I was managing trafficking, not having fun, ”he opposes the president of the court asking him if Khadim Thiam and Samir Zerouali were with them. “” Jimmy “was waiting for us at the door of the apartment, it was organized. We took the elevator with him, “Raptor” and “Boubou”, “says Nourdine. At the bottom of the tower, ZZ is there, among others, like “Crédo” but not “Blacky”, now deceased and to whom it would have been convenient to put the hat on. “He is involved, but was not there,” says Nourdine. Who adds: “’Raptor’ was weird, nicer than usual, he looked sad. Those who were there knew ”, continues Nourdine who“ with hindsight, see [t] their emotions ”. The team then heads for the porch to exit the city. Nourdine leaves on her side and sees ZZ, accompanied by Jimmy, take Rudy by the shoulder, “as if it were his colleague, it was weird”. It was the last time he saw it.
“If there are one or two who die, it’s none of my business”
As soon as he gets home, in a neighboring city, he gets worried, tries to call Rudy. His phone is off. A concern that transpires in a Messenger conversation extracted by investigators during his hearing. Nourdine is trying to find out from a mutual friend if Rudy, who lives in Belle-de-Mai (3rd), “is back? Inch’allah I squeeze, I hope there is nothing. Maybe he got killed. No, I don’t think so, but anything can happen, ”he wrote. The next morning, he calls Rudy’s mother, also without news. At this hour, the police are still in the findings, and the body of Rudy, shot dead by two bullets fired at close range, lies partially cremated in the Marseille hill, wrists tied in front.
– “Why is Rudy dead?” “Asks the president of the tribunal.
– “I heard like you”, answers “Raptor” at the bar.
– “Do you know what I’m hearing?” “
– “I’ll repeat it to you if you want.” I heard that this youngster gave the go to KFC. “
The “KFC”, a failed settlement occurred a month earlier, in the parking lot of the sign specializing in fried chicken which had killed two people, including Jimmy’s cousin, and one seriously injured. Not the right targets. The investigation showed that the car in which the targeted occupants were found was not the correct one. Rudy, also at KFC at the time, was seen greeting them moments before.
“For me, Blacky, Jimmy, ZZ, and Crédo wanted to take the stupid point back to Issam Aouri after KFC. Personally, I didn’t mind them taking it back, but they killed my colleague, ”explains Nourdine, who is involved in trafficking and for whom he served three and a half years in prison. “Rudy’s go was the excuse. They did it for the money, they have no principles, no values. So I won’t have any with them. I want them to assume. I hope they will recognize it. “
“Those who knew too, it’s as if they had killed him”
“Who pressed? I don’t know, but they killed him, ”Nourdine repeats to the Advocate General. “Those who knew too, it’s as if they had killed him,” he continues. “I hope they will pay as it should and those who were with also, they will purge well”, throws Nourdine, leaving the room, gaze directed towards the box.
At the helm, after Nourdine’s passage, ‘Raptor’ scraps questions from the president who asks him what he thinks of Rudy’s death. “The truth,” he begins, like half of his sentences, “I was sad, he was a good kid. But we don’t ask ourselves many questions. As long as it doesn’t happen to his family, we don’t try to understand. If there’s one or two that die, that’s none of my business. I’m in prison, it’s each his own shit, like the street, ”concludes the former manager of the point of stupidity for which Rudy, 15, died.