Bruges In the Bruges assisenhof have the civil parties today their plea held on the process surrounding the deadly stabbing on the Bruges Market 4.5 years ago. She described Mikey Peeters (19) as a hero and asked the jury to Suleyman Betelguiriev (25) guilty, to declare, to murder. Steven Van Geel (25) is, according to them, mededader. Friday the curtain falls on the process.
Franky Baert was the last lawyer to the word came. The counsel of Lore Versyck described how the girl after the stabbing reviled as a murderer. “Some people saw her as an accomplice and accused her that the knife had taken. They went to the city and heard behind him “a murderer” to call it. There threw even people with a knife on the ground when they passed. You’ll have to experience that. She was after all still a child. And that is all because of that coward”, pointed Baert Steven Of Yellow. “If you spot remained in place from just a walk, it was a whole different story. Then Lore might not be such a suffering. I hope you understand that.”
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“His best trait is his death.” Lawyer Nadia Lorenzetti described Mikey Thursday afternoon during her plea as “a hero”. “He wanted his girlfriend Lore in protection. All the previous victims of our cheerful duo were that night not taken them up on their challenge. Mikey. Because he and Mikey had. He was not a coward and protected the underdog, even though he came, therefore, in the problems. As a woman, you could have no better friend be better than Mikey Peeters. He went for no reverse. He was rather a blow, than that he Lore subject would have put at risk.”
Lorenzetti founded, then, to Steven Of Yellow. “You are no hero. The contrast with Mikey could not be greater. You’re a coward and refuses even today to tell the truth. You hides you behind imaginary illnesses. You have “Mommy” and “Daddy” just their grandchild taken away. And Betelguiriev? That is not even present. Of cowardice spoken.
Manslaughter
Jo Muylle, lawyer of the father of Mikey, highlighted during his plea (the legal side of the case. He asked the volksjury to Suleyman Betelguiriev guilty, to declare, to murder. “He had the intention to Mikey to kill. If you are a person with a folding knife 6 times in the upper body protrudes, you may assume that that can be deadly.” Of Yellow was, according to the counsel mededader to the murder. “He kept the knife in the worstelring by not too far away to fling, and loved Mikey then away from the weapon by the top of him to crawl. He made sure that the victim is not the road could and knew all too well that Suleyman the knife stuck would stuck. Both have fought to Mikey the ultimate price to do pay.”
Jef Vermassen , a lawyer of Mikey’s mother, think Of Yellow and Betelguiriev for weeks for the stabbing decided not to anymore in going out. “Suleyman was once only a vengeance and had beaten. Yellow took photos of his hands, where the blood from dripping. I’m sure that when they have agreed that they never would let this happen.”
Vermassen called both accused more than once of “two cowards”. “They were a tandem, but a very dangerous one. They were two eenzaten suddenly a click, have found one another and are mutually supported. Suleyman was the brake Of Yellow, and his belt. That boy was the evening of the facts several times to explode, but was stopped by his comrade. The stabbing should not be done too soon. Not if there are too many people were watching.” According to the strafpleiter lied Of Yellow during the investigation continuously. “I rarely have a liar of this level is seen. He is worse than Trump.”
Plague – and war
The lawyer of Mikey’s mother described the night of Yellow and Betelguiriev as a pest – and vechttocht. “They started drinking in the car. Drink to drink, to form to get. Then they started on their ambeteertocht. Going out was for them from people ambeteren. As much as they could, and preferably girls. Of Yellow was the one attacked. He fell himself, everyone is difficult and the knife was the extension of his personality.”
“The quarrel began, when Of Yellow and Betelguiriev something shouted in the direction of Mikey’s girlfriend. It was against a girl. Mikey shouted something back and the Yellow was aggressive. His vessel ran almost over, but Suleyman held him against. On the camera footage we see Of Yellow run off of Mikey, but that was not flights. He dashed off after all. He was Mikey just up to the challenge.” According Vermassen early Yellow during the subsequent worstelpartij help to Betelguiriev. “A foorkramer heard him call, then Mikey on top of him was. He had at that time perfectly able to stop fighting. Mikey asked that, too. But no: the man asked for help to Suleyman, as he knew that a knife had. He knew the weapon as it came out of his own car. So, We must not doubt that he mededader to the facts.”
According to Vermassen was the attitude Of Yellow after the fact, a thorn in the eye of the family of Mikey. “He was after his release was arrested because he was at the pub aggressively did against two men. He was clearly drunk and had therefore learned nothing. Mikey is die for nothing. That boy is still greatly missed. He was very loved and was moving on to another.” The strafpleiter ended his plea with the last sentence of Mikey. “Lore sat on the Market with her dying friend in her arms. They asked him to fight and he replied: “Yes, I go that for you to do, but I’m in so much pain”. The reported Mikey and that is how everyone will remember.”
Changed after release
Before the civil parties Thursday, their pleadings were, came first, friends and family of Steven Van Geel witnesses. To many was to hear that the Belgian had changed, when he conditionally was released from prison. “I recognized him, not more”, according to his best friend. “He was under medication and began to boast that he of all sorts of drugs had taken in the prison. I had at some point, even afraid of him, when he began aggressively to do against his father.” When Of Yellow for one of his releases in the evening yet, cigarettes was going to buy it, he gave the name of his best friend to the police. Who responded will be particularly surprised. “There, I knew nothing of.”
The morning after the fact was Of Yellow for the door of the man. “He called me out of bed. I knew immediately that something was not right. Steven was silent and would not say what had happened. Another friend has him may finally convince to give. I was extremely surprised by the facts. I have Steven, always known as an honest, brave guest. On the images you can see the knife thrown out and started wrestling on the ground. He shared not succeed. I know that he did not intend to fight. If ever he is released, he can still count on me.”
The man saw the fugitive Suleyman Betelguiriev personally. “For me, it’s totally unexpected what happened. I knew Suleyman as an honest guy and have him never anything bad to do.. He was always very friendly. I nd it awful what he has done. For me, it’s a shock.”
Brave boy
According to Johanna Hostens, the 59-year-old mother of Of Yellow, was her son, a brave boy. “He was as a child, very quiet. A little bit shy, but well behaved. Steven was polite and loyal. The values that I give him from home given. The facts, which he here, are things that never would come to mind. I have my son if not raised.”
