The new session of the Aude Assize Court will be held from June 17 and July 5 at the Carcassonne courthouse. During these three weeks, the Aude criminal court chaired by Sylvie Gossent until June 28, then by Charles Pinarel from July 1 to 5, will examine five cases emanating from the courts of Carcassonne or Narbonne.
Two cases judged at first instance and a third on appeal. From Monday June 17 to Friday June 28, it is under the presidency of Sylvie Gossent that the Aude Assize Court will hold its third session of the year 2024, at the Carcassonne courthouse. In two weeks of debates as experts and witnesses pass by, the jurors drawn at random will have to examine three criminal cases, two of which will be judged at first instance.
Accused of an assassination attempt in Albières
From Monday June 17 at 2 p.m. to Wednesday June 18Christian Conte will appear free, after having been placed in pre-trial detention from March 24 to November 12, 2019. It is in particular because of the precarious state of health of his client, that his lawyer Me Victor Étiévant (Narbonne bar) managed to get him out of prison. Now aged 71, it is for “assassination attempt” And “violence with use of a weapon without incapacity”, that this man is tried before the Assize Court. From the facts for which he is accused, we learn that they took place on March 22, 2019 in Albières (Corbières massif), in a context of conflict between a tenant (the accused) and his owner. Everything happens in an area where there are several housing units. Until one day the accused, who lives in a separate house, appeared drunk with a rifle in front of the landlords’ door, through which he fired several times, and injured the couple’s wife in the arm as she was behind. It appears that he only wanted madame, with whom he had had an altercation shortly before. According to our information, the accused denies having the intention to kill. The weapon used was never found. During the three days of his trial, the accused will be defended by Mr.e Victor Étiévant of the Narbonne bar. Facing him, Me Hichem Laredj will defend the interests of the owner. Note that her husband has since died, without there being any link with the acts committed.
Accused of the rape of his brother and sister in Narbonne… The mother had not denounced…
From Thursday June 20 at 9 a.m. to Monday June 24it is in its configuration for judging minors that the Aude Assize Court will meet to study the case of C. F., now aged 37, prosecuted for “rape committed against a 15 year old minor”as well as “rape and incestuous sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor”. Placed under judicial supervision since October 13, 2010, he will appear free. Just like Mr. W., his mother, who will have to answer for “non-reporting of crime” because she was aware of the son’s actions. According to our information, the alleged facts are around twenty years old, but it was during 2006 that they were finally denounced. The rapes allegedly took place in 1999 and 2000 for one of the victims, as well as in 1997 and 2004 for a second. Whether in Villedaigne, Armissan and Argens-Minervois in Aude, or in Aisne as the family moves. During three days of trial, which should be held behind closed doors before the Aude minors’ assize court, the main accused will be defended by Mr.e Emmanuelle Mandrou of the Narbonne bar. The victims of this case will, for their part, be assisted by Mare Isabelle Fornairon and Bruno Blanquer from the same Narbonne bar.
Accused of stabbing a fifty-year-old during an evening at the port of Gruissan
From Tuesday June 25 at 9 a.m. to Friday June 28, the appeal trial of child molester Fabrice Preynat will ultimately not take place as initially planned, following the withdrawal of the main interested party who had been sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment by the Assize Court of Hérault, on May 18, 2022 Hearing instead, it will be a murder case which will be examined by the Aude Assize Court. Under judicial supervision since February 5, 2021, after two years and seven months of pre-trial detention, Patrick Gérard is accused of the murder of a fifty-year-old man on the night of July 4 to 5, 2018, in the port of Gruissan. On Thursday July 5, it was in the early morning that this Belgian national in his sixties was arrested, while he was sleeping on his boat. The victim, suffering from several stab wounds, was floating in the waters of the port. During his three days of trial, the accused will be defended by Mr.e Mathieu Montfort (Montpellier bar). Will he evoke total amnesia as he did at the start of the procedure? The victim’s relatives will be assisted by Mr.e Martine Esparbié-Catala (Toulouse bar).
Accused of having killed a man with a screwdriver in a squat in Castelnaudary…
From Monday 1st at 9 a.m. to Wednesday July 3it is under the presidency of Charles Pinarel that the Assize Court of Aude will continue the session, with the examination of a “repeat murder”. Detained in Béziers since October 13, 2021, Nicolas Dufour is being prosecuted for having killed a man with a screwdriver, during an evening between misfits which degenerated in a rather unsanitary closed door. It was during the fall of 2021 that the events took place in Castelnaudary. According to our information, the accused has always disputed the alleged facts. He will be defended by Me Emmanuel Le Coz (Beziers bar).
The sixty-year-old repeat offender prosecuted for a new rape of a minor, in Narbonne
From Thursday 4 at 9 a.m. to Friday July 5the Assize Court will examine the case of Jean M., accused of “repeat rape committed against a 15-year-old minor”. Aged 67, the man has been in pre-trial detention in Béziers since October 13, 2021. The facts for which the accused is now being prosecuted date back to the summer of 2021, in the Narbonne sector. He is a repeat offender having already been convicted for similar offenses around fifteen years ago. His defense will be provided by Mr.e Victoire Dafflon (Narbonne bar). That of the civil party by Me Isabelle Fornairon (Narbonne bar.
