Murder with a baseball bat in Rodilhan: tried at the end of January for the death of his father-in-law

The Rodilhan murder case should be judged in January 2025 before the Gard Assize Court. A young man, aged 22, hit his father-in-law with a baseball bat in November 2017. The gendarmes were tasked with the investigation after the discovery of the corpse of the forty-year-old on November 18, 2017 in the house. family.

The alleged perpetrator of the murder was placed under strict judicial supervision on December 20, 2018 for a little over a year in pre-trial detention. He was indicted for a homicide perpetrated on his “father-in-law”. The forty-year-old had been hit with a baseball bat. Which had opened his skull. He was indicted on November 20, 2017. He explained that he had acted because his stepfather regularly attacked his mother who suffered violence from her partner.

The former dean of investigating judges of the Nîmes judicial court, Olivier Mathehad ordered the indictment of the suspect who had spent two days in police custody, ordered immediately after the discovery of the victim's bloody corpse. Thus on November 20, the young man was referred and indicted for murder, in this case for having struck the victim several times with a bat. The investigating magistrate had retained the intention to kill while the young man would have indicated that he wanted to strike to scare. The judge also organized a reenactment on December 12, 2018 which preceded by a few days the release under judicial supervision of this suspect on December 20, 2018.

“He only wanted one thing, to save his mother”

“It is a decision which leaves his entire future to this young adult despite the seriousness of the acts committed during a single episode of violence which was perpetuated for reasons linked to the family climate. I add that this young person has never talked about in the past”had indicated to me Find outthe suspect's former lawyer after his client's release. The young man is now accused of murder. He will appear free before the Gard Assize Court from January 29 to 31, 2025. Hugo Ferri, the current lawyer for the accused, interviewed this Wednesday, November 20, emphasized that his client was 22 years old at the time of the facts and who “only wanted one thing, to save his mother, which had dramatic consequences.”

“Time does not erase the seriousness of the facts”

Contacted me Rémy Nougierthe lawyer for the victim's family indicated that the civil parties “We were impatiently awaiting the trial. Because for the family, although time has passed, it does not erase the seriousness of the facts. The family hopes for a criminal response commensurate with the seriousness of the facts”