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A couple is on trial from this Monday, July 1, by the Ille-et-Vilaine Assize Court for murder preceded by an act of torture and violent extortion leading to death.
A sordid story. For 4 days, a 36-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman will be tried by the Ille-et-Vilaine Assize Court, indicates Ouest-France. They are suspected of having killed a 63-year-old retiree. The latter was found dying in his apartment on fire, on the night of Thursday September 17 to Friday September 18, 2020, in Rennes.
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That evening, firefighters intervened in the apartment and discovered the victim’s body lying there. The man is in cardio-respiratory arrest and his face is swollen. Suspicion quickly falls on a couple of misfits. Our colleagues assure that the three people met in a convenience store a little earlier in the day and that they had dinner together afterwards.
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They tried to flee
The evening clearly went very badly and the couple tried to rob the victim. That night, CCTV footage shows the 42-year-old woman withdrawing money from an ATM using the pensioner’s credit card, our colleagues report.
Earlier in the evening an argument had broken out. The autopsy carried out revealed injuries to the victim’s face and neck, a dented rib cage and burn marks on his legs. The couple are also suspected of having “stapled the ears” of their host.
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The couple learned of the pensioner’s death in the press the day after the tragedy and tried to escape. In vain. The man and woman are indicted for murder, extortion with violence resulting in death and acts of torture and have been imprisoned for almost four years.
