The Tarn-et-Garonne criminal court sentenced, yesterday, Tuesday December 10, 2024, the two men tried for the fatal attack on Corporal Emmanuel Cueff in October 2021 in Montauban, to eight years and one year in prison.
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Two men were sentenced, yesterday, Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in Montauban, to eight years and one year, respectively in prison, for willful violence in a meeting having led to the death of a former soldier without intention of causing it, announce our AFP colleagues.
Also read: Montauban: two men indicted in the death of soldier Emmanuel Cueff
These convictions followed the requisitions of the attorney general, Tuesday, on the second day of this trial which had opened the day before, before the criminal court of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Emmanuel Cueff, former soldier of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment of Montauban, was killed during a brawl outside the Nautique bar, on the night of October 29 to 30, 2021, in the presence of his wife.
At the hearing, one of these accused, both aged 23, admitted to having punched the former master corporal twice, while the second denied having kicked him in the chest. when the victim was on the ground.
For Guy Debuisson, defense lawyer, it is “from a stupid accident”, while the victim was heavily alcoholic with a level of more than two grams per liter of blood at the time of the tragedy, reports AFP.
It was not the punches that killed Emmanuel Cueff, but the impact of his head against the pavement as he fell.
Guy Debuisson, defense lawyer
At the end of the hearing, Séverine Cueff, the soldier’s widow, said she was satisfied with the sentence handed down by the judges:
It was feared that the court would acquit one of the accused. Ultimately, both are guilty. It’s a page from a book that is about to end. With my children, we will try to rebuild ourselves.
Séverine Cueff, widow of the victim
“My husband served France for 17 and a half years. He was a righteous person, far from the image we tried to create of him during the hearing”she declared again.
