In France, a trial to judge ultra-right violence opened on Wednesday June 1 in Paris. In this case, five former members or sympathizers of the far-right group, the GUD, are accused of having beaten and humiliated a former leader of this association in 2015. Among them, Loïk Le Priol and Romain Bouvier, who are charged with the murder of rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu.
How did five activists from the GUD (Union Defense Group) arrive one night in October 2015 to beat up, kick, threaten their former leader with a knife and film the whole scene? The defendants plead a skid. “ We just wanted to discuss and put our differences flat, but it did not go as planned “, explains Loïk Le Priol in the box, reports Stephane Duguetfrom the French department.
The Priol, dressed in a gray jacket, was fired from the army in 2017 for a serious act of violence, he explains that he was traumatized by the war. The former elite soldier had even had to be repatriated to France a few months earlier for treatment. He speaks of denial of his suffering and of a dip in alcohol at the time of the facts.
Group effect
Behind this beating, there is also the group effect and the traditions of this far-right association. ” When there is a dispute, we settle it fairly, one on one, it’s like a boxing match, and then we’re even “, detail the defendants. This evening of October 2015, we were closer to the lynching than to the boxing match. The prosecutor also recalls that Loïc Le Priol and Romain Bouvier are being prosecuted for the murder of former Argentinian rugby player Federico Aramburu. What emerges from this hearing is the violent universe in which the main suspects are immersed.
The prosecution requires five years of imprisonment against four defendants. He only asks for four years of imprisonment for the last, suffering from psychological trauma.