Overview

• An investigating judge on September 3 issued an ordonnance de mise en accusation sending five defendants to the Deux-Sèvres assizes in the double-murder case.
• Tom Trouillet is charged with assassinations and instigation to assassination, Nathan B. and Mickaël Z. with assassinations, Enzo C. with complicity, and Stevan M. with crime-scene modification and concealment of a body.
• The indictment tracks the public prosecutor’s requests, with four defendants facing potential life imprisonment and the fifth facing up to three years in prison, according to Poitiers prosecutor Rachel Bray.
• Two of the five remain in pre-trial detention, including Trouillet, while the others are under judicial supervision and have ten days to appeal the judge’s order.
• Leslie Hoorelbeke, 22, and Kevin Trompat, 21, disappeared near Prahecq in late November 2022 and were found dead in March 2023, with the motive still unconfirmed after leads involving romantic disappointment or financial debts.