Stéphane Jobard, 51, is on trial before the Pyrénées-Orientales Assize Court for having fatally stabbed the man with whom he resided, in March 2021, in the town of Ille-sur-Têt. On the third and final day of the trial, this Monday, December 16, 2024, the attorney general made his submissions against the accused.
Stéphane Jobard admits to having planted a knife in the heart of his “friend” Benoit Tahoces who welcomed him to his home in Ille-sur-Têt in March 2021. However, since the first day of his trial before the Assize Court of the Pyrenees -Orientales, the accused asserts that he “didn’t want to” kill him.
A version opposite to those of the civil parties, assisted by Me Raymond Escalé, and the general advocate. For parquet, “We are witnessing an extremely violent gesture which came to cut the victim's rib and the homicidal intent is there.” And to request a conviction for murder of 15 years of criminal imprisonment, accompanied by socio-judicial monitoring for 10 years. In addition to the additional penalties of ineligibility and ban on carrying a weapon for 15 years. The Advocate General asking Stéphane Jobard “to use this pain as help to change one’s life.”
The defense lawyer, Me Catherine Barrère will now stand up to plead, as she announced, a reclassification of the facts as “voluntary violence leading to death without intention of causing it.”
The verdict is expected during the day on Monday. Knowing that the accused faces a maximum sentence of 30 years of criminal imprisonment.
