Convicted of the murder of his brother, his sister-in-law and two of his nieces in 1994, Dany Leprince has always proclaimed his innocence. This Thursday, January 23, the Commission of Instruction referred the file to the court of review.
The request for review of Dany Leprince, who wishes to obtain the annulment of his life sentence for the murders of his brother, his sister-in-law and two of his nieces in 1994 in Sarthe, is transmitted to the Court of Review, a announced this Thursday, January 23, the investigating committee.
Two new facts
The commission relied on two new or unknown facts, the statements of Dany Leprince’s eldest daughter, Célia, and the credibility given at the time to the comments of Solène, 2 years old and the only survivor of the killing, to motivate the admissibility of this request, indicated the president of this commission during a public hearing.
“We have one hope, it is that justice can be done and that Dany Leprince can one day be exonerated,” declared Me Morice, one of Dany Leprine’s lawyers, during a hearing in 2021.
-Only the Court of Review can rule on whether or not to annul the life sentence of Dany Leprince, now 67 years old. On September 4, 1994, his brother Christian Leprince, his wife and two of their daughters, Audrey, 7 years old, and Sandra, 10 years old, were found massacred with knives in their house in Thorigné-sur-Dué, in the Sarthe. Solène, 2 years old, was the only survivor.
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