Collégien beaten to death in France: two defendants released due to legal vacuum
Two young people, charged for killing 15-year-old Shemseddine in Viry-Châtillon in 2024 and detained awaiting trial, were handed over
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Two young people, charged for killing 15-year-old Shemseddine in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne) in 2024 and detained pending trial, were released due to a legal vacuum. The next day, the 15-year-old had died in hospital. In April 2024, Shemseddine was beaten as he was leaving his college by teenagers from a nearby neighbourhood who did not want him to exchange with their sister.
Furthermore, In June 2025, the Constitutional Council had censored a provision of the Juvenile Criminal Justice Code but had left a year for the legislator to comply, which had not been done. "This decision is the result of a succession of procedural faults and flaws that have led to a real judicial sinking," said Pauline Ragot, who represents Shemseddine's mother. " It will be necessary to explain to this literally destroyed mother that the people who killed her child in barbaric conditions - and who are facing heavy sentences of imprisonment for this reason - are now free because of procedural flaws," said Ragot.
In addition, The two young people, who were charged while they were minors and who are now adults according to one of these sources, regained their freedom pending trial after a hearing before the examining chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal on Friday.
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Two young people, charged for killing 15-year-old Shemseddine in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne) in 2024 and detained pending trial, were released due to a legal vacuum.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe next day, the 15-year-old had died in hospital.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn April 2024, Shemseddine was beaten as he was leaving his college by teenagers from a nearby neighbourhood who did not want him to exchange with their sister.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn June 2025, the Constitutional Council had censored a provision of the Juvenile Criminal Justice Code but had left a year for the legislator to comply, which had not been done.
reliability low1/2 sources"This decision is the result of a succession of procedural faults and flaws that have led to a real judicial sinking," said Pauline Ragot, who represents Shemseddine's mother.
reliability low1/2 sources" It will be necessary to explain to this literally destroyed mother that the people who killed her child in barbaric conditions - and who are facing heavy sentences of imprisonment for this reason - are now free because of procedural flaws," said Ragot.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe two young people, who were charged while they were minors and who are now adults according to one of these sources, regained their freedom pending trial after a hearing before the examining chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal on Friday.
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