What is the threat to footballer Sofian Kiyine after a car crash into a gym?
Spectacular self-accident by professional footballer Sofian Kiyine: At 200 km/h instead of the permitted 90, he flew off the road in Belgium directly through a wall and landed in a gymnasium!
What are his legal implications now? A mandatory prison sentence for accepting the deaths of children (the gymnasium just happened to be empty)? Is even fame irrelevant in this case? Is his life essentially over?
I can only say it in German law. This accident, as a result of a massively excessive speed, makes the driver qualified for checking the suitability for driving a motor vehicle.
The whole thing is going to court. Let’s not assume that narcotics were in the game. In this case, the spectrum of a temporary to final withdrawal of the driving licence, including a period of time to block recovery, is sufficient. i.e., for example, after 3 years or whatever, he may start making a driving licence again. If this is deported, he may have to perform a medical psychological examination beforehand. If Alkohl or other anesthetic agents have been in play, then in any case and if, this then in any case also includes a abstinet proof. i.e. no drug use for 12 months. This is demonstrated by regular urine and/or hair samples.
Furthermore, due to the gross negligence, the KFZ may refuse damages of up to €5,000. i.e. 5,000 of those we say $30,000 damage to the gym, the footballer would have to settle himself. the full insurance for the vehicle, if present, can completely refuse regulation. In other words, the car that has to be scraped must be moaned…
As for the potentially injured or killed children, there is no such thing as an attempted negligent body injury, killing etc. This would only be the case if someone really had been hurt or killed. Then he might be on it because of negligent body injury or killing.
There have been attempts here and there, I just don’t know if with success or not, Raser, who have delivered races in the city centre with the most massive speed and red light violations etc., because of attempted murder.
in this situation, however, it would be tempted to fail rather. The main argument of the prosecution was always: that no pedestrian crossing the roadway or no driver driving over a green light must expect a vehicle to be shot at 200 kmh.
Lg, Anna
Super analysis.
It would be really interesting to check this out in accordance with Belgian law.
Thank you for the detailed answer. Was very thoughtful in the case, but also probably because I live in Switzerland, where racist delicts are incredibly highly punished. But it is also in the German bus money catalogue that the driver must expect two years in prison in his case. Threat to life due to gross negligence is probably being punished increasingly harder ….
Thanks for the great update!
Well argumented. “It’s” that it didn’t happen in Switzerland, France or the Netherlands. Here, the possibility of vehicle expropriation would also be possible and rightly.
In Germany, there is more and more of this, and a colleague of mine has joined the police to set up a Corsa who had been abused as a smuggling agent for drugs. It’s just that he was admitted to the Dillkreis before, and my colleague didn’t want to invest in a new license plate.
result: he was constantly stopped because the cops thought there’s someone back at smuggling.
Did he deliberately flew through the gym? No, that’s why I can’t imagine that the potentially dead children play a role in law. Then every red light impact would have to be evaluated accordingly.
In Germany, I would count on fines if a criminal accusation was made at all.
However, since this is Belgian law, I cannot say anything about it.
I also do not know what role the supposed celebrity plays.
But in the bottom line, I wouldn’t say his life went. His license may be gone.