Overview
- A Paris criminal trial is underway over the March 2022 killing of former Puma Federico Martín Aramburu and a verdict is scheduled later this month.
- A Fleury-Mérogis prison guard who wrote a 2023 report testified that he heard the main accused, Loïk Le Priol, say he liked “the last four bullets,” and was called to court to validate that note.
- The guard said he had recorded the phrase but also admitted to imperfect memory of the scene three years earlier, and defense lawyers pointed to inconsistent dates, a missing headset and absent prison plans to challenge his account.
- Le Priol denies making the alleged remark and maintains he shot Aramburu in self-defense, while prosecutors use the guard’s report to support a version of events that contradicts that claim.
- Victim-impact testimony, including from Aramburu’s widow about the effect on their three children, underscored the human toll and left the court’s assessment of witness credibility as the pivotal factor before the verdict.