2024-04-16 07:30:08
Never revealed publicly, the case is followed with infinite caution by the Lyon justice system. The criminal trial will decide whether it should be considered as a case of euthanasia with extenuating circumstances, deserving all the compassion of the jury. Or whether we should look for other motivations for the crime. Since her indictment for the murder of her grandfather by fire on October 23, 2020, Emilie G., 32, has not served a single day in detention. Tuesday April 16, the investigating chamber of the Lyon Court of Appeal reduced its judicial review, pending his trial, scheduled for October, before the Lyon Assize Court.
Forced to report regularly to the gendarmerie, the young woman can meet her parents, and leave her home again between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. The criminal stakes are immense, at a time when the end of life is of deep concern to French society. The accused, a language teacher and mother of two children, risks the maximum sentence of life imprisonment for “assassination of her ascendant”. His lawyer hopes for a verdict without prison time.
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The tragedy occurred on August 23, 2020, in a villa located in a town in the east of the Lyon region. At the start of the evening, the lifeless body of Manuel A., 95, was discovered on his medical bed. Returning from a dinner with her husband, her daughter found the old man seriously burned, in a room filled with smoke, with walls covered in soot. She explained to investigators that she had hosted her father at her home for four years. He had been bedridden for two years, in a very weakened state, bedridden, completely dependent.
Three caregivers took turns constantly feeding and changing him. Their testimonies describe an old man with an unstable character, often withdrawn, and in very poor health. At the time, the family thought of an accidental fire, caused by the mechanism of the bed. But an expert discovers significant traces of fuel, irrefutable proof of arson. The schedule of the deceased’s daughter is confirmed by investigators.
” I can not stand it anymore “
On the other hand, the gendarmes noted an inconsistency in his granddaughter’s version, by cross-checking the times of the video surveillance images and the telephone terminals. In police custody, Emilie G. is surprised, revolts at the idea of a voluntary gesture, and ends up admitting that it was she who wanted to kill her grandfather, by watering his bed. of gasoline, taking advantage of his parents’ absence for the evening.
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