Bruges In the Bruges assisenhof is the first day of his trial around the deadly stabbing of a 4.5 years ago on the Bruges Market. Steven Van Geel (26) and Suleyman Betelguiriev (25) stand for the death of Mikey Peeters (19). The young man was in the night of 29 on 30 may 2014 to life with six knife wounds.

absent on the assisenproces is, of course, Suleyman Betelguiriev (25). The man was after the stabbing to Chechnya conducted by his father, proved from the testimonies of the officers of the federal judicial police. Interpol confirmed them both on may 31, has been verified at the level of the border with Ukraine. Less than two years, tapped the officers of the phones of the father, mother and brother of Betelguiriev to his residence to locate. They discovered that his sister in 2015 went to visit her brother in the Chechen capital Grozny, and that his mother had contact with her son through his grandmother. Further research brought to light that Betelguiriev judolessen gave in Grozny.

On October 9, last year became the mother of Suleyman Betelguiriev for the last answered about her son. “He presents well and has regrets about the facts”, she shared the speurders. “He wants to Chechnya, however, do not leave, as long as an international aanhoudingsmandaat against him. Where he resides? I may not say. He lives in hiding.”

Footage played back

The detectives of the local police of Bruges showed after the lunch break the images of brasserie Craenenburg that the facts recorded. Just before 4.50 pm Steven comes From the Yellow in the picture, while he was running away from Mikey Peeters. The young native of bruges to get to him and begins to push. In the subsequent skirmish end up both on the ground. Of Yellow had been the knife that he hands had, on the ground wasp.

Lore Versyck, a friend of Mikey stands on the sidelines watching, like Suleyman Betelguiriev. The girl picks up the knife and goes on a bit further. Betelguiriev get shortly afterwards on Lore and take the weapon from her hands. Forty-two seconds later, he stabs Mikey – that is currently on top Of the Yellow seat six times, including once in the neck. In total, the brawl and subsequent knife wounds a minute and a half to complete. Betelguiriev rent after handing the knife wounds away. Yellow follows a short time afterwards.

20 miles ridden with a broken strap

During the testimony of the first detectives of the federal judicial police was the brief for the afternoon was clear how hallucinatory it was that the two accused after the facts emerged back in Ostend fell away. After their departure, the Saint salvator’s cathedral in Bruges reed Of Yellow the rechtervoorband of his Hyundai Getz leak on a boordsteen. Nevertheless, he succeeded in the 20 km long route between Bruges and Ostend. “A witness saw on the E40 gensters of the car jump. After the vehicle was found it at the Maria hendrika park, turned the band away completely. Even the rim was almost completely worn down to the wheel axle.”

From Yellow itself continues to maintain that he is the evening of the facts ladderzat was. The lawyers of the civil parties asked themselves how he emerged back in Ostend is hit. Suddenly came the Belgian with a different explanation. “The last three months that I’m with Suleyman went out, we went to two bottles of vodka to buy. That I think, but I’m not sure”, she said. Barely a minute later the man goes back on that statement. “But have you examined or in the left bottle in the car, or vodka?”, he asked the detectives. “Who knows, we may have water in the cast?” Chairman Willem De Pauw made short shrift of the fickle Yellow. “The bottles are here. Otherwise, we can you will soon be able to taste it.”