The Deputy Attorney General began his indictment with the computer fraud alleged against the two accused. The latter do not deny having used the victim’s bank card for their own benefit. According to the investigation, a sum of more than 50,000 euros was withdrawn from Christiane’s accounts. During the hearing, Mary Volkaert declared that she was aware of the withdrawals made by her partner, and that she had benefited from this money for several years. There is therefore correlation, believes the prosecution. The couple doubled their income and, “by her conscious inaction, she encouraged her companion.”
The murder
Then comes the question of murder, a considerable issue for Jean-Luc Clitophon who disputes the intention of homicide. The latter, responsible for his actions according to the mental health expertise, does not deny having carried out blows, as well as the causal link between the blows and death.
The attorney general considers that by inflicting blows on the victim’s head, Jean-Luc Clitophon accepted the lethal consequences of his actions. Murder is an instant offense, recalls the attorney general.
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Case law has retained several criteria. The Advocate General retains eleven points to retain the body of consistent evidence. “Madame Scherpereel was nothing to Mr. Clitophon, who showed little regret towards this woman, whose last name he did not know, who was sleeping on the bathroom floor. He had already hit her before the incident“, he said.
The violence of the blows is retained by the prosecution, “slapping, fishing and hitting with a VHS tape“Witness Dominique said he was shocked by the marks of blows on the victim’s head.”He hit with all his might, to the point of losing his breath. On the other hand, he did not experience any shortness of breath when the body had to be carried and thrown into a well, after forty-five minutes of walking.“insists David Dufrasnes.
The blows were to the head, a vital area par excellence, and they were numerous, causing numerous bruises on the face and cerebral hemorrhage, the cause of death. “He acted fiercely in several stages: the words, the slaps, the punches and the blows with the tape that he went to get to put an end to it. It’s a real killing“.
Christiane was a vulnerable woman and did not even defend herself, continues the attorney general: “Madame Scherpereel’s head was a punching bag”.
After the fact
According to the attorney general, Jean-Luc Clitophon lied about the timing. The latter also stated that he had wanted to call the police, “but only when Dominique arrived, not before“, points out the attorney general.
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On Tuesday morning, a witness said Jean-Luc and Dominique were laughing along the canal, after having thrown the body into the well. He was therefore not so shocked, believes the attorney general, who recalls that the two men did some scouting to find a place to dispose of the body.
Finally, after the events, Jean-Luc Clitophon led his life, partly on behalf of his victim.
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