Six days after his sentence to 20 years of criminal imprisonment, Hugo*, the teenager who killed little Rose-Izabela, decided to appeal the decision of the Epinal children’s court.
Mare Élise Lemelle and Johann Saint-Dizier, the defense lawyers, filed an appeal this Tuesday. An appeal which concerns only the sentence which is also the maximum he could receive.
New trial in Nancy
During the two days of debates, Hugo also admitted that he had masturbated and that he had wiped himself in Rose’s sweater once the little girl died.
During this same trial, psychiatric experts painted a more than worrying profile of this teenager with very high criminological danger. “The psychiatrists affirmed that he presented a profile similar to that of Francis Heaulme,” said Me Stéphane Giuranna, lawyer for Rose’s parents, leaving the hearing which was held behind closed doors.
“The family will not accept a lawsuit over the economy”
In the coming months, the case will therefore be raised again, but this time before the juvenile division of the Nancy Court of Appeal. “The family feared this possibility… Unfortunately, this means that they will be confronted with their suffering again… We can already tell you that the family will not accept an economic trial. We hope that the Court of Appeal will do everything necessary to ensure that we take the time we owe to Rose,” said Mr.are Giuranna and Collot, advice from the girl’s family.
Contacted, Me Johann Saint-Dizier, lawyer for the teenager alongside Me Élise Lemelle, clarified that defense counsel did not wish to comment for the moment on the motivations for this appeal.
* The first name has been changed.
