Brussels Businessman on Trial for Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot

The two civil party lawyers, Me Sven Mary and Me Jean-Philippe Mayence, are convinced of Youssef Allali’s guilt in the murder of Franck Goes, reports 7sur7. "Dylan Duby no longer remembers how many times he stabbed Frank Goes, but he does remember that he did not want to kill," said Me Mary, who doubts the sincerity of the accused. To justify his position, the criminal lawyer recalled that on September 29, 2020, the accused spent three and a half hours waiting for the victim to leave his offices in Jette to attack him. "He attacked him from behind and stabbed him once in the heart," he detailed.

For Me Mary, Duby’s act was premeditated. Moreover, the accused had taken into account the hypothesis that the victim would die, since he had violently stabbed him six times with a knife, including once in the heart. If the jurors recognize the guilt of Dylan Duby for the murder of Goes, they will have to condemn the other accused, Youssef Allali and Yaser Abau, as co-perpetrators of this crime, argued the two civil party lawyers.

At the stand, Dylan Duby stated that he had been paid to "cause incapacity to work" to Franck Goes. For his part, Yaser Abau, accused of being the intermediary, swore that he had asked the latter to "hit the victim in the knee with a baseball bat". As for Youssef Allali, the accused of being the instigator, he acknowledged having asked Yaser Abau to "put pressure" on the victim. From the statements of the three accused, Mes Mary and Mayence deduced that the defendants had planned, at least, to physically assault the victim and that Youssef Allali is indeed the instigator of this murder.

Dylan Duby could not have stabbed Franck Goes to death if he had not received the order, argued Me Mayence. But for what reason? In any case, money cannot be the motive for this crime, believes the civil party lawyer: "Youssef Allali had everything, but it was not enough. He is a man who cannot stand being challenged." According to the civil party, Allali would have the bad reputation of having all the people who criticize the works carried out by his company, specialized in facade renovation, eliminated.