Alleged Bling Bling Gang member appears before Assizes Court in Guadeloupe
A Bling Bling Gang suspect, wanted for kidnapping and unlawful confinement resulting in death, appeared before the Guadeloupe Assizes Court during an unprecedented special hearing.
Unprecedented hearing at the Assizes Court for an alleged Bling Bling Gang member
An alleged member of the Bling Bling Gang, wanted for several years in connection with a kidnapping and unlawful confinement resulting in death, appeared yesterday morning before the Guadeloupe Assizes Court, according to guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr. The hearing, described as the first of its kind, aimed to rule on his status pending trial, without recourse to the judge for liberties and detention.
The request for adjournment filed by the suspect — identified by the initial D. — in order to prepare his defence did not achieve the expected result, reports the Guadeloupe media outlet.
This appearance is part of a larger judicial file involving several defendants. In a related matter tried before the Pointe-à-Pitre correctional court, four individuals — identified as S.D., Y.M., R.W. and D.B. — also appeared. Only D.B. presented himself free at the bar, the other three being detained. Throughout, they maintained their innocence, denouncing a conspiracy and demanding a fair trial.
The Bling Bling Gang has been the subject of judicial investigations for several years in the archipelago. The case of kidnapping and unlawful confinement resulting in death that is attributed to it constitutes one of the most serious files recently handled in Guadeloupe.
Source: Google News MA — Crime (fr)