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The defendant’s young age and lack of prior history were taken into account as mitigating circumstances. His difficult childhood was also noted, as was his intellectual potential.
Advocate General Kerkhofs had requested 12 years in prison once morest Mathieu Wattier.
Me Mayence, counsel for the accused, had pleaded a sentence of 5 years accompanied by a suspended probation. Among the conditions to be respected, in particular: to follow his medical treatment, to be hospitalized as soon as necessary and to continue his psychological follow-up.
The Assize Court of Namur began Monday the trial of Mathieu Wattier, 22, accused of attempted murder and the murder of his grandfather, Mathieu Deneyer, 78 years old at the time of the events. The murder, in which Wattier struck his grandfather more than 20 times with two knives, took place in Brûly-de-Pesche, in the house where the accused lived with his mother and the victim, on May 9, 2020 .
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