accused of starving her daughter to death, the teenager's mother admitted the facts for the first time

Sandrine P., on trial since Monday, admitted the facts for which she faces life imprisonment. The verdict is expected on Friday at the latest.

Beatings, food deprivation, humiliation… Accused of having starved Amandine to death, Sandrine P., mother of the 13-year-old girl, admitted the facts for the first time on Tuesday January 21, on the second day of her trial , in front of the Hérault foundations.

Before suspending the hearing on Tuesday, the president of the court, Eric Emmanuelidis, broadcast an audio recording, made in 2019 by neighbors. We could distinguish the voice of Sandrine P. and the cries, tears and sobs of Amandine: “Ouch, ouch, stop, not that, I’m hurting…”. “Madam, do you recognize the violence committed against Amandine between 2014 and March 17, 2020?”asked the magistrate. “Oui”replied the mother, who has denied the facts for four years. “As well as the acts of torture and barbarity committed between March 17 and August, in particular the humiliations of having confined her in a room for weeks, of having starved her?”he continued. “Yes, I admit”replied Sandrine P., without giving any explanations.

In the process, his companion, Jean-Michel C., 49 years old, who faces 30 years of imprisonment for having “deprived of care or food” his daughter-in-law also admitted the facts. “I have enormous guilt over this”he admitted. The president of the court denounced a “family totalitarianism”.

On August 6, 2020, the day of her death from a cardiac arrest, at the family home in Montblanc (Hérault), near Béziers, the schoolgirl weighed only 28 kg for 1.55 m, a victim of “acts of torture or barbarity” for which his mother has been on trial since Monday. She faces life imprisonment. The verdict is expected on Friday at the latest.