Nightclub Brawl in Quimper Leads to Prison Sentences for Teens After Stabbing Incident

The events had taken place as they left a nightclub located in the Créac’h-Gwen area of Quimper on October 8, 2021. That day, a fight broke out between young people in front of the nightclub around 4 a.m. The bouncers used tear gas to disperse them. The brawl moved a few meters away. Martin and Abdel did not take their eyes off the victim. She tries to flee. Without success. She falls. The two young men hit her with kicks and punches. In the process, Martin perforates her right lung with a knife. Consequence: one month of ITT.

The two defendants appeared before the court last Friday, reports Le Télégramme. "It’s the other one who started," says Abel, a Moroccan "in a precarious situation on the territory", pointing to the victim from the stand. "He said, ’You sons of bitches, come, I’ll take you. Tomorrow, I’ll cut you,’" this young man continues. President Bérengère Gautheron addresses Martin: "Why did you follow him into the street?" "To get explanations," he replies. The questions follow one another: Why hit him? "An unintentional kick." Why hit him on the ground? "I don’t know." Why pull out a knife? "I felt threatened (by the victim) but it wasn’t with the intention of stabbing him."

In the eyes of the president, these explanations are "a bit surreal". "If the knife blow had been given to the left and not to the right, the heart could have been hit. You could have killed him," comments prosecutor Philippe Lemoine. He calls for 14 months in prison, including 8 months suspended, against Martin and an 8-month suspended sentence for Abdel. The verdict is in: the two young men were sentenced to 18 and 8 months in prison with probation, with an obligation to work and a ban on possessing a weapon for five years. They must also compensate the victim.