The public prosecutor's office appeals the acquittal of Bernard Pallot, who admitted to having killed his wife to “prevent her from suffering”

Suzanne Pallot, also in her seventies, suffered from several pathologies, notably Carrington's disease, a chronic lung disease, and osteoporosis, with multiple fractures, including one of the neck of the femur which occurred shortly before the events.

The decision of the Aube Assize Court to acquit Bernard Pallot sparked strong reactions. Two days after the verdict, the public prosecutor at the Reims Court of Appeal, Dominique Laurens, declared on Friday November 1 that she had appealed. Acquitted on Wednesday, this 78-year-old man admitted to strangling his ill wife, Suzanne, claiming to have acted “for love” et “at his request” pour “to prevent her from suffering”.

“This trial demonstrates the inadequacy of the law which puts us, the individuals, in difficult situations,” Bernard Pallot calmly explained after the verdict. The defense lawyer had argued that if the euthanasia had been legal, “Bernard Pallot would not have strangled his wife with an electric wire”.

During his requisitions, the attorney general, Mickaël Le Nouy, ​​estimated that this assassination, “presented as a gesture of love” was “a gesture prohibited by law”. “We cannot arrogate to ourselves the right to kill”, he had estimated.

Suzanne Pallot, also in her seventies, suffered from several pathologies, notably Carrington's disease, a chronic lung disease, and osteoporosis, with multiple fractures, including one of the neck of the femur which occurred shortly before the events. Near his body, a note was found: “I, the undersigned, Pallot Suzanne, still of sound mind, ask my husband, Bernard Pallot, to relieve me definitively of the incurable suffering that I endure.”