Sandrine Pissara has denied since her arrest that she caused the death of her daughter Amandine, 13, who died in August 2020 in Montblanc near Pézenas.
“Yes, I recognize them.” Four years after the death of Amandine, 13, who died of starvation at her home in Montblanc, in Hérault, her mother Sandrine Pissara, 54, who denied any violence and any abuse towards her child finally confessed this Tuesday, January 21 before the Hérault Assize Court.
As this last day of hearing, very trying, was about to end, the president broadcast an audio recording made in the summer of 2019 by a neighbor of the family, shocked by the screams she heard coming from from the house of Jean-Michel Cros and Sandrine Pissara.
A poignant audio recording
A poignant recording where we hear the little girl screaming in pain, and begging her mother whom she calls “Madame” while we hear the latter’s voice, very calm, and the sounds of blows.
-Just afterward, President Eric Emmanuélidis asked the accused to stand up. She acknowledges the violence perpetrated on the child, part of the accusations against her. The president. “Do you recognize the torture and barbaric acts from the start of confinement until the death of your daughter, defined by the judge as isolation, repeated humiliation, the fact of having left her naked, starving , naked recluse in a closed room where she was relegated for weeks without anyone being able to access her?
“Yes, I recognize them”, replies Sandrine Pissara in a blank voice.
“This is the first time I’ve seen you cry,” continues the president. “Want to add anything?” She shakes her head. “Sit down.”
