French victim's family addresses court

The family of French football fan Brice Taton, who was murdered in 2009 in downtown Belgrade, appeared before the High Court in Belgrade.

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Wednesday, 12.01.2011.

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The family of French football fan Brice Taton, who was murdered in 2009 in downtown Belgrade, appeared before the High Court in Belgrade. They asked that those responsible for his murder "pay for the life they took." French victim's family addresses court "We cannot accept that he (Brice) is no longer with us. The family has been destroyed... We expect the court to do everything it can to make sure those who did this pay for the life they took," said Suzanne Taton, Brice Taton's mother, after which his father, Alan Taton, began to cry. Suzanne Taton underlined that in September 2009 Brice had traveled abroad for the first time to follow his club, Toulouse, that he had come as a tourist and as a football fan but that he was not an aggressive person. Slobodan Ruzic, the family's attorney, in his closing statement, sought EUR 200,000 in damages for the parents, stating that the state of Serbia should pay because "it had not done anything to protect that young man (Brice Taton)." Deputy Higher Public Prosecutor Gordana Janicijevic in her closing statement said that the suspects had committed murder entirely conscious of the result they had wanted. According to her, the sentence should demonstrate that violence would not be tolerated nor would organized groups of fans who use sport as a front for violence. Ivan Bajazit, defense attorney for prime defendant Djordje Prelic, said in his closing argument that his client did not commit the crime he was charged with and asked for an acquittal.

French victim's family addresses court

"We cannot accept that he (Brice) is no longer with us. The family has been destroyed... We expect the court to do everything it can to make sure those who did this pay for the life they took," said Suzanne Taton, Brice Taton's mother, after which his father, Alan Taton, began to cry.

Suzanne Taton underlined that in September 2009 Brice had traveled abroad for the first time to follow his club, Toulouse, that he had come as a tourist and as a football fan but that he was not an aggressive person.

Slobodan Ružić, the family's attorney, in his closing statement, sought EUR 200,000 in damages for the parents, stating that the state of Serbia should pay because "it had not done anything to protect that young man (Brice Taton)."

Deputy Higher Public Prosecutor Gordana Janićijević in her closing statement said that the suspects had committed murder entirely conscious of the result they had wanted. According to her, the sentence should demonstrate that violence would not be tolerated nor would organized groups of fans who use sport as a front for violence.

Ivan Bajazit, defense attorney for prime defendant Đorđe Prelić, said in his closing argument that his client did not commit the crime he was charged with and asked for an acquittal.

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