Blog entry by Aurelia Thorne
The underage accused are all between 14 and 17, and are suspected of murder or conspiracy to murder. They were remanded in a young persons' detention facility for one month pending further investigations.
The great signifiers of spring: daffodils blooming, days lengthening, and Paris Saint-Germain embroiled in a sizeable crisis with the manager on the brink and the supporters tired of a bloated playing squad.
He had initially vowed to stay put in Kyiv despite the constant blaring of air raid sirens and attacks on residential buildings, but decided to leave after hearing reports of Russian soldiers 'raping' Ukrainian women.
Merlion is owned by three Russian oligarchs who appear in Forbes' list of 200 wealthiest Russians with a combined net worth of £1.6 billion. Two of them have been sanctioned by Ukraine for ‘material or financial support' for the war.
Law enforcement suspect that the daughter and boy then conspired to order two other teenagers to kill her mother for 350,000 roubles (£3,650) which the girl intended to obtain from Anastasia's savings.
Financial records appear to show shipments of laptops, mobile phones and microchips have been repeatedly sent from a business registered at the unassuming property in Enfield, North London, since Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine began last year.
They show that a large volume of high-end microchips, telecoms equipment and servers, which have the potential to support Russian infrastructure, have been shipped through other countries, largely China, avoiding sanctions.
As pointed out by PSG's own supporters, the emphasis placed on winning the Champions League is such that when that does not transpire - and they have only ever once come close to realising that dream - the season feels as good as over.
Their eighth defeat this side of the World Cup, their fifth in the league, with the others coming in the Coupe de France and the Champions League, has awoken those to join the lengthening queue lining up to lambast the club - with the players and ownership on the receiving end this time.
There is no doubt that the club's production of youth talent has suffered as a result of their attempts at building a Champions League-winning team at the expense of a long-term project.
The ultras themselves have bemoaned as much this season.
Such has been PSG's direction since being bought by the Qataris over a decade ago, Ligue 1 has turned into something of a procession - certainly nothing for supporters or players alike to be enthused about.
A retort to that from supporters might say that in a functional, elite modern team all 10 outfield players need to work as hard as each other.
Jack Grealish's remarkable tracking back to prevent what seemed a certain Liverpool second at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday has been noted by many observers.
Ligue 1 is by no means wrapped up, particularly with a home clash against second-placed Lens to come on April 15, though the apathy that has set in post-European exit begs the question: does anyone really care?
The forwards have now stopped producing further up the pitch - seemingly a vital payoff in an agreement not to do any defensive work.
The club's last two home league results read as a 1-0 defeat to Lyon and a 2-0 defeat to Rennes, which marked the first time they had done the double over PSG since 2008-09.
'This is a club that piles up the stars like a spoiled child, without concern for a coherent sporting plan. This is a club that dreams so big that it feels like the season starts in February while it despises domestic trophies,' the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) said in February.
Rumblings this season have begun to emerge among the club's ultras, with barrages of whistling - and in some cases, outright abuse - being aimed at the club's major superstars, including Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Mbappe, in the period before the World Cup, played 20, scoring 19 goals.
Since, he has played 14, scoring 12 at a rate of a goal every 90 minutes. Certainly not to be sniffed at. The youngest of the three by some distance, it is little surprise his performance levels have remained of a passable standard.
Since taking over the club at the outset of the 2011-12 season, Qatar Sports Investment (QSI) have overseen a transfer spend amounting to close to £1.5bn. The signings of Neymar and Mbappe caused great excitement at the time, but supporters this season have rounded on the wild spending.
Mbappe was the crown prince in Russia four years prior but was Didier Deschamps' main man in Qatar; it would be Messi's last chance at claiming the prize he craved most and Neymar's legacy, tainted, some argue, by his decision to move to Paris in 2017, rested on his showings in the Middle East.
'But when you put in too many players who all need their place and to be number one, there can be confusion. In the end, when you play, it's 11 players with one ball. There was a penalty, and who takes it? It's not even a coach's decision.'