Until December 6, Ludovic Bertin, 29, is on trial by the Isère Assize Court for the murder preceded by an attempted rape of Victorine, as well as for the rape of another young woman, Vicky .
Four years after the murder of Victorine, a young student found drowned in a stream in Isère, the trial of Ludovic Bertin opened this Monday early in the afternoon before the Isère Assize Court, in Grenoble. After the witnesses are called and the jury is constituted, the president of the court will launch into a reminder of the facts, which had aroused strong emotion at the time of the tragedy.
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On Saturday September 26, 2020, the Dartois family, who reside in Villefontaine, reported the disappearance of Victorine, 18 years old. The BTS communication student has not returned from her afternoon shopping with friends. Shortly before 7 p.m., she told one of her sisters and two of her friends that after missing her bus, she was walking home and was near the Prairie stadium. Then, no more news.
Immense emotion
Two days later, his body was found half submerged, without his jeans found underwater nearby, in a stream located not far from the Prairie stadium. In Villefontaine as elsewhere, the emotion is immense. Thousands of people participated on October 4 in the white march in tribute to the young woman, whose funeral was celebrated on October 7 at the Saint Jean-Baptiste church in Bourgoin-Jallieu.
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On October 10, the investigation changed. A man goes to the police to denounce his best friend, Ludovic Bertin. The latter was arrested on October 13. At the end of the investigation, he was referred to the Isère Assize Court not only for the murder preceded by an attempted rape of Victorine, but also for the rape, in September 2018, of a woman. another young woman, Vicky, who filed a complaint against him after his arrest in the Victorine affair.
Verdict expected on December 6
The personality of Ludovic Bertin, now 29 years old, will be examined at the hearing Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The director of investigation will come to testify on Wednesday afternoon. The end of the week will be devoted to examining the facts denounced by Vicky and beginning the examination of the facts concerning Victorine. The latter’s relatives should also speak late Friday afternoon.
Next week, the Assize Court will look at the Victorine affair at length, hearing several experts and witnesses, then Ludovic Bertin himself. The expert psychiatrists and psychologists will then take the stand, the civil party lawyers for their pleading, the public prosecutor for his indictment and the defense lawyer for his pleading. As always, the accused will speak last. The verdict is expected on December 6; Ludovic Bertin faces life imprisonment.
