This Sunday, Bring in the accused will offer RMC Découverte viewers a new number. Devoted to the affair of the diabolicals of Ariège, it will return to the journey of Cindy Pereira and Joan Gamiochipi, guilty of the murder of Kevin Sellier, in 2012. A young man of 19, victim of the company of two friends. Two people acting out of revenge or wanting to treat themselves to a moment of thrill?
Kevin Sellier, caught in the trap set by two friends
Missing for two months, Kevin Sellier was finally found in May 2012 in a forest in Ariège. In Vicdessos, there is turmoil, because his body, partly burned, shows traces of extreme violence. Victim of several stab wounds, his teeth were broken with a hammer. Finally identified thanks to his genetic fingerprint, why was Kevin attacked like this? Arrested in July of the same year, Cindy Pereira, waitress, sat down at the table. It was she who committed the murder, helped by a friend, Joan Gamiochipi, to hide the body. They would have acted in this way to take revenge, accusing Kevin Sellier of stealing 420 euros from Cindy's grandparents, but also of rape while he was sleeping.
Cindy Pereira and Joan Gamiochipi: who dealt the fatal blows to Kevin Sellier?
During their first trial, Cindy Pereira will change her version and accuse Joan Gamiochipi of the murder. According to her, she was threatened by her former friend. Sentenced to 25 years of criminal imprisonment at first instance in Foix in 2016, they were tried on appeal in 2017 in Toulouse. This time, as we can read in La Dépêche du Midisome details were given. Relatives and classmates of the accused thus spoke of a “relief”a “pride” and a certain “satisfaction”at Joan Gamiochipi's house after the murder. One of them says: “He told us he killed him, then tortured him with the help of Cindy Pereira. He thought it was great, he was happy.” The murder of Kevin Sellier, a crime described by others as “a Dexter-style plan”, “an illegal birthday present” offered by Cindy Pereira. A young woman who also mentioned the murder to her roommate. For Joan Ganiochipi, it was a mechanism to avoid sinking: “I had to say all that, it's true, but it was a role. An evil character that I had created years ago and which allowed me to talk about the facts without dropping the mask. ” Without knowing who dealt the fatal blows to Kevin Sellier, Cindy Pereira this time received 22 years in prison, while Joan Gamiochipi was once again sentenced to 25 years of criminal imprisonment.
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