Two theses
The prosecution had requested that the defendant be sentenced to two years in prison for harassment. “He is still there and assumes functions that he does not have. He always preys on vulnerable people. Despite the warning of the court of appeal (Editor’s note: he had benefited from a preferential measure for having harassed other residents), he continues his harassing behavior. On the criminal level, he must be punished“, declared the deputy prosecutor in his indictment.
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For Me Rivière, lawyer for the defendant, “the public prosecutor makes gratuitous assertions which are not based on any element. I have an objective element: he is still president of the co-ownership and it is an elective mandate“.
The lawyer had presented a struggle between two clans within this building: those who supported the victim, also ex-president of the co-ownership, and those who support his successor, “the scapegoat that our society so badly needs“.
Cockfight
Me Rivière had summarized the conflict between his client and the deceased as a cockfight, in which each wanted more power than the other. He added that the deceased had never filed a complaint against her client before the tragedy in May.
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It was in fact his daughter who became a civil party to the trial, denouncing a murder disguised as suicide. This thesis was never accepted by the prosecution. According to Me Radelet, the girl’s lawyer, it was a referral error. The lawyer announces that he will appeal this decision handed down on Thursday.
