A hunting scene – Illustration
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On Sunday, February 23 in Lamothe-Cassel in the Causses du Quercy (Lot) Regional Park A Director of the defeat of forty years succumbed after being shot. Very quickly the track of the accident was favored by the investigators. The rifles were seized and the twenty hunters present during this hunt for auditioned. The autopsy of the victim’s body and a reconstruction of the scene made it possible to know more about the course of this tragic day.
A first hunter designates as the shooter
During this hunt, two hunters pulled two or three shots at the passage of the wild boars. Unfortunately, one of the ricoche balls on the ground before finding accommodation in the throat of the Director of the Beat. Seriously injured, the 41 -year -old man died shortly after. According to Cahors Prosecutor Clara Ribeiro, a first hunter has designated himself as the author of the shot, in good faith.
No aggravating circumstance according to the Cahors prosecutor’s office
But according to the ballistic analysis of the scientific police, the shot actually came from the second shooter. The man in his thirties was presented to a magistrate about ten days ago. “There was no desire to hide everyone’s responsibilities in this file,” said the magistrate.
The thirties will be tried next September for manslaughter but also for drug use. The samples revealed that the hunter implicated had consumed drugs and that he was under the influence of narcotics during this wild boar. An aggravating circumstance will think some. In reality no. According to Cahors Clara Ribeiro prosecutor, this circumstance is not provided for by law in the case of a hunting accident, unlike alcohol consumption. A legal vacuum that could feed many debates.
