The known penalties
14 years in prison for Denis Coulson, 14 years for Loïck Jammes, 12 years for Rory Grice, 4 years for Chris Farrell (two of which were suspended) and 2 years suspended for Dylan Hayes.
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Oyonnax will not communicate this evening
Club of Rory Grice and Chris Farrell, Oyonnax will not communicate this evening. According to our information, the Ain club should do so tomorrow.
Press release from Provence Rugby
On its website and social networks, Loïck Jammes’ club published a press release following the court decisions. Provence Rugby first took note of the conviction of its player, before supporting the victim. “Faced with the seriousness of this case, we would first like to express our sincere thoughts for the complainant and reaffirm our commitment against any form of violence. We reserve the right to make additional decisions based on future legal developments.”
Loïck Jammes will appeal
Through his lawyer, Mr. Luciani, we learn that Loïck Jammes, sentenced to 14 years in prison for gang rape, will appeal the decision of the Assize Court.
50,000 euros in compensation to the plaintiff
In addition to their prison sentences, the five players are sentenced into a solid to pay compensation of 50,000 euros to the plaintiff, as requested by the civil party.
Coulson, Jammes and Grice in prison
The three ex-players were found guilty of gang rape. They will go to prison tonight.
The lawyers put their robes back on
Proof that the verdict is approaching, the lawyers have put their robes back on and are returning to the room. The players are always in a separate room.
The doors will open in 15 minutes
The bailiffs have just announced that the doors of the courtroom will open to the press in 15 minutes, at 8:25 p.m. The players are always in a separate room, in the presence of their lawyers and a police officer.
Psychologists appear
Two psychologists entered the room to debrief the jurors. Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt, lawyer for Denis Coulson, returned to the room after taking a walk outside. Loïck Jammes’ lawyers are talking together in a corner of the Salle des Pas Perdus.
The police enter the courtroom
Things seem to be becoming clearer…
Police officers arrive as reinforcements…
Small commotion in front of the courtroom: a group of police officers arrive and stand in front of the doors. This doesn’t sound like succession. So what does this mean? The atmosphere in the room where the players are isolated is very heavy. The lawyers tried to find the words.
Players are not alone
The players are still in the room obviously. But they are not alone, Philip Fitzgerald and Arnaud Lucien, lawyers for Grice and Hayes, are with them.
The victim, too, awaits the verdict
We meet the complainant in the courthouse’s courtroom. She speaks with one of the activists from the victims’ support association who has been with her since the start of the trial. She is also waiting for the verdict. It is always scheduled between 7 and 9 p.m. The players are still waiting in the room reserved for them.
What Dylan Hayes’ lawyer said during his closing argument
Arnaud Lucien, lawyer for Dylan Hayes, pleaded Thursday about his client for whom the public prosecutor requested two years in prison, one of which was suspended for failure to assist a person in danger or failure to prevent a crime (equivalent offenses provided for by the same text of the penal code). We learn that his pleading began as follows: “The proof of voluntary abstention is not reported and my remarks could almost stop there. It is established that Mr. Dylan Hayes only witnessed two acts of sexual penetration: “Dylan Hayes admitted before the investigating judge to having seen the young woman perform oral sex on Loïck Jammes” and “in police custody, he admitted that Rory Grice had also had oral sex performed on him”. sexual act, which did not appear to be imposed on the alleged victim, as it could not constitute a crime that needed to be prevented. He must then have voluntarily refrained from intervening and everything argues for considering that Mr. Dylan Hayes could only think that. a crime was being committed…”
Coulson was very supported by his family
Maître Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt, lawyer for Denis Coulson, spoke to us about her client. His state of health, his injuries due to a road accident in June. From his lack of complaint. We learn that his whole family is in Bordeaux, in an apartment. But at the Palais de Justice, we only saw his sister and his father, more rarely his partner.
Players wait to learn their fate
The five players are isolated in a room while waiting to learn their fate. The geography of the place means that we can see them. Far away. The moment is inevitably intense.
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Verdict expected this Friday evening
Denis Dreyfus, lawyer for Loïck Jammes, summarizes his argument for us
“You know that doubt is a fundamental principle and that it must benefit the accused. I asked the jurors, from the depths of what is most powerful in my professional practice, that they do not reverse this parameter, and that we do not condemn with doubt in a case where from the beginning, it has been asked by the one who presents herself as the victim: “I am afraid of having consented For us this consent is obvious to adults!” eyes when we watch this video, commented by a police officer who herself described these acts as consented and accepted. It is up to the court to give its answer.”
Jurors’ deliberations will begin
The pleadings of Loïck Jammes’ lawyers are over. The courtroom doors open and the press can enter to view the final minutes of the trial. Players are placed in a special room. And the jury’s deliberations will begin. The verdict is expected between 7 and 9 p.m.
Clarification on the pleading of Me Saint-Pierre
We are told that François Saint-Pierre’s argument to defend Farrell was marked by legal reasoning regarding the notion of “non-prevention of crime”. Basically: “How can we think about preventing something that we don’t see as a crime?” Note that the notion of “non-prevention of a crime” is equivalent to that of “non-assistance to a person in danger”. It is the same text, article 223-6 of the penal code. This explains why both expressions were used throughout the stories of this affair.
Me Dreyfus-Schmidt summarizes his pleading yesterday in favor of Coulson
“I pleaded on the fact that as of March 12 at 9 a.m., the people of Grenoble were informed of a problem with the young girl. And immediately, Denis Coulson gave the version which will always be the version he told them given for seven years and I took up all the elements that he gave which are corroborated by material elements to demonstrate that everything he said is confirmed in procedure.
Second element: I had done research on the blackout since there were American academics who had worked a lot on it. An addictologist explains that it is an increasingly common trend with binge drinking among students, that women are five times more prone to blackouts. He describes in the effects of the blackout everything that the victim described. Are you telling me it wasn’t sleep or a coma? This was confirmed by Doctor Coutanceau who explained that you act on autopilot and that the person in front of you cannot know that you are in a confused state. And what matters in a rape case is the known intention of the person accused…
From the moment she kisses him in the nightclub, she goes in the taxi with him to go to the club then to the hotel even though she knows very well that they are going to the hotel, that in the At the hotel she has a sexual relationship with him, for him, there are all the clues to suggest that she is active. She’s the one undressing, she’s the one on top of him to have sex, etc. So she’s not a soft doll as the attorney general said, she’s a woman who has all the appearance of a woman who has a normal sexual relationship.”
The pleading of Jammes’ lawyers will begin
Everyone entered the room. The pleadings of Loïck Jammes’ lawyers will be able to begin. We noticed that the player came with a small bag.
A feminist collective to welcome players
In front of the steps of the Palais de Justice in Bordeaux, feminist activists took their place with banners and signs. In particular, “All 33 of us”. All the protagonists arrived, Loïck Jammes was the last to climb the steps.
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This Friday is the last day of the trial of the ex-Grenoble rugby players. On the program, the final pleadings and the verdict for the five accused.
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