called for justice<\/a> to be served.<\/p>\nLo\u00efk Le Priol, 32, is being prosecuted for murder, while Romain Bouvier, 35, faces charges of attempted murder. They both face the possibility of life imprisonment. Le Priol\u2019s former girlfriend, 29-year-old Lyson Rochemir, who drove Bouvier to the scene of the shooting, also faces a possible life sentence for complicity in attempted murder.<\/p>\n
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A fourth defendant faces up to three years in prison for concealing evidence in order to protect one of the shooters.<\/p>\n
Bouvier and Le Priol had been banned from seeing each other following their convictions for aggravated assault against a former president of a far-right student association in 2015. As members of the same organization, they said they had wanted to humiliate him because he \u201cboasted about having assaulted women.\u201d<\/p>\n
On March 19, 2022, shortly after 5 a.m., the two former rugby players arrived at a bar in Paris\u2019s Latin Quarter, Le Mabillon. They sat at a table next to the one occupied by the far-right activists. Everyone was under the influence of alcohol, the investigation showed.<\/p>\n
Although the initial conversation appeared cordial, things quickly deteriorated and insults were exchanged. Le Priol allegedly told Arambur\u00fa: \u201cYou\u2019re going to shut up, otherwise I\u2019ll shoot you and then I\u2019ll (expletive) your mother.\u201d The defendants dispute that these words were spoken.<\/p>\n
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A fight then broke out. The bar\u2019s bouncer intervened, and at around 6 a.m., the two groups went separate ways. According to witnesses, the two far-right activists were \u201cfurious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Together with Le Priol\u2019s former girlfriend, who was driving their Jeep car, they set off in search of the rugby players, according to Le Priol, in order to \u201csort things out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surveillance footage showed the two former rugby players walking down the street toward their hotel. Hegarty had stopped to get some ice cubes to relieve the injuries he had sustained during the fight at the bar.<\/p>\n
Bouvier was the first to spot them while he was in the Jeep with Rochemir. He fired four shots at Arambur\u00fa, two of which struck and wounded him. Le Priol then arrived running and fired six shots into his back. Four hit him, two of them fatally. The Argentine collapsed into Hegarty\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n
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Le Priol and Bouvier have admitted firing the shots but deny having any intention to kill. Le Priol described his actions as \u201ca pure reflex,\u201d explaining that he \u201cwasn\u2019t himself,\u201d that he \u201cwasn\u2019t there,\u201d and that he \u201cwas in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former soldier, he had served in Mali, Niger and Djibouti, where he allegedly strangled and assaulted a prostitute. He was repatriated to France in 2015 because of a post-traumatic disorder, and his military contract was terminated in 2017 after he was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the October 2015 incident.<\/p>\n
From the very first day, investigators knew who was responsible for Aramburu\u2019s death, as the events had been captured by several surveillance cameras. Rochemir was arrested on the same day, March 19. Le Priol was arrested three days later while attempting to cross the border between Hungary and Ukraine. Bouvier was arrested on Oct. 23, 2022, in Sabl\u00e9-sur-Sarthe, in Western France.<\/p>\n
The two defendants charged with murder and attempted murder are currently in custody, while Rochemir and the fourth defendant will stand trial while at liberty under judicial supervision.<\/p>\n
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