at the trial for the death of Amandine, the “narcissistic rage” of a mother

From the smoked glass box, softness emanates from the voice of Sandrine P., this woman with a Mediterranean complexion wrapped in a large black sweater. But her words are rigid, icy when she talks about her daughter, who died in the summer of 2020. “I don’t know why she wasn’t eating», «during confinement, it had become even more complicated», «there is no explanation, she was not deprived of food, no one did this to her», she argues before the Montpellier Assize Court this Monday, on the first day of her trial. This 54-year-old Franco-Portuguese woman is on trial for “acts of torture and barbarity leading to death without intention of causing it» about Amandine, 13 years old. The teenager died following an endless ordeal, weighing only 28 kg and 1m55 tall. His face was disfigured by bruises, missing teeth, pulled out hair. His extremely thin remains were covered with lesions and bedsores. The intolerable clerk…