Overview
- A Seine-Saint-Denis assize court sentenced Souleymane Care and Moussa Baradji to 20 years in prison with a two‑thirds security period for the 2019 Stains killings, while three co‑accused were acquitted.
- Investigators linked the Stains case to exfiltration vehicles through phone data and video, including a geolocatable Mini Cooper carrying multiple DNA traces, and one defendant received three years for receiving the car.
- The July 16, 2019 attack in Stains involved gunfire from the back of a scooter into a Twingo, leaving two men dead and a third wounded.
- Defense teams argued the Stains probe relied on rumor and anonymous accusations, and the court noted the lack of confrontation with an anonymous witness in acquitting at least one accused.
- In a separate Val‑de‑Marne case, the Créteil prosecutor opened a preliminary inquiry into violence in the defendants’ dock during the Mansour trial, which ended with four convictions for assassination with sentences from nine to 30 years and one acquittal.