Pierre Palmade, a trial for example?
Almost two years after the terrible accident he caused under the influence of drugs, the artist, who faces 14 years in prison, will be tried this Wednesday, November 20 in Melun. Where some dream of making his trial a lesson in morality rather than law
“My client always said he felt responsible”
Prosecuted for “unintentional injuries”, the 56-year-old artist nevertheless immediately suffered the wrath of their lawyer, outraged that the accused was not here prosecuted for involuntary homicide. “French French law protects domestic animals better than the unborn child,” he thundered, referring to the death of the baby that Mila, the injured passenger, had been carrying for six months. “This above-ground jurisprudence is astounding. »And then ask the president to reclassify the facts.
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Sitting alongside his lawyer, Pierre Palmade does not shy away from the gaze of his victims any more than from the responsibility of having caused, under the influence of drugs, this terrible traffic accident almost two years ago.
Without blinking, Pierre Palmade listens to him until he leaves it to his lawyer to brush aside the hypothesis. “My client has always said he feels responsible for the death of this child, and he will say it again here. But since it does not fall under the law, it only belongs to his conscience. In this case which has already suffered from numerous exceptions, there is no reason to consider that the law should apply differently to Mr Palmade. »
Pierre Palmade doesn't take his eyes off Mila
The terrible photos of the collision projected on the court screens are followed by the testimonies of the two victims present at the hearing. First that of Yuksel, the driver limping towards the bar to recount the ordeal of his son Devrim, who was even more seriously injured. The double punishment of physical and now psychological suffering, when the 8-year-old student is mocked at school for his face bearing the scars of the tragedy. Broken jaw and destiny.
“After the shock, my stomach hurts. I hear the baby moaning but I don't see him”
Mila finally appears, the young woman still mourning her stillborn child. Memories intact despite the denial from which she admits, in tears, to have suffered for a long time. “After the shock, my stomach hurts. I hear the baby moaning but I don't see him. Once at the hospital, I think that I have just given birth, that little Solin is just sleeping next to me. »
Pierre Palmade, if not impassioned at the very least very focused, does not take his eyes off Mila when he hears her talk about her nightmares which have become recurring. “As the person in question is very well known and publicized, his face often appears to me. It's a lot of anger to be here today, but also the difficulty of facing the gaze of the one who caused the death of my child. »
