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A verdict in the night for a night of horror, the one experienced, between October 12 and 13, 2020, by Renaud Leprince, 66, in his apartment on rue Léon Say in Pau. A night which began with, as the “first ignominy inflicted”, the fact of forcing him to ingest pieces of neon tube.
“We were in horror”
“We were in horror, in this case, in unimaginable cruelty,” says Me Christophe Arcaute, one of the two lawyers for the civil parties – the daughters, grandchildren and sons-in-law of the victim. I recall: 34 stab wounds, a body that was disfigured. They had dehumanized this man. Finally, through this conviction, Renaud Leprince recovered a little humanity. »
The verdict is “a relief” for the civil parties. Even if they don’t have all the answers to their questions and an appeal is possible. This is what Me Anna Raina, one of Leïla Abaiji’s two lawyers, seems to foresee, although she did not show any emotion when the decision was announced. “She was prepared for it but she doesn’t understand it,” emphasizes Me Raina. An appeal should seriously be considered. »
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The Pau lawyer nevertheless explains the double conviction of the mother and the son, who mutually accused each other of the murder. “With such atrocities, would a popular jury acquit one or the other? I’m wondering. »
Maxime Triboulet remained silent at the verdict but held his head in his hands. His lawyers, Me Julia Benech and Jean-Baptiste Colombani, were also considering the possibility of appealing. Finally, Marie Hourcastagnou, 25 years old, who was Maxime’s partner at the time of the events and had helped him move the victim’s body, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for altering a crime scene. closed prison, convertible.
