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François Vergniaud, 50-year-old repeat offender, accused of having raped and killed Céleste, a 15-year-old from Nantes, in an abandoned building on rue Adolphe-Moitié, on August 20, 2020, before lighting two fires there, was sentenced at the maximum penalty. He will not be able to leave detention for at least twenty-two years.
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Life imprisonment, with a security period of 22 years, in other words the impossibility of benefiting from a leave of absence or a modification of sentence. The maximum. This is the verdict of the Loire-Atlantique Assize Court, this Thursday, October 31, 2024, after 3.5 hours of deliberation. It was pronounced against François Vergniaud, convicted of the rape and murder of Céleste, a 15-year-old from Nantes, on August 20, 2020, in front of a packed room, like every…