Young man killed after an intrusion: the owners indicted

A 45-year-old man and his 36-year-old partner were indicted for fatal assault after the death of an 18-year-old young man who broke into their home one night, Grasse prosecutor Eric Camous announced on Friday, November 13. During the night from Sunday to Monday in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (Alpes-Maritimes), this young man broke into the couple's home and the noise alerted the owner, who was playing online in his living room.

A few hours earlier, the 18-year-old boy had called his family on the phone, mentioning “an uneasiness that occurred in the evening”, caused according to him by “a significant consumption of narcotics”, explained the prosecutor in his press release. Faced with the owner, he made “very disturbing and threatening” comments. A confrontation took place between the two men, during which the owner's partner helped him to subdue and tie up the intruder.