This Thursday, January 23, the Court of Cassation must render its first decision on the request for review of Dany Leprince, convicted of the murders of his brother, his sister-in-law and two of his nieces in 1994. He wishes to have his innocence recognized.
The investigating committee of the Court of Cassation will make its first decision, this Thursday, January 23 at 2 p.m. during a public hearing in Paris, regarding the request for review by Dany Leprince, convicted of the murders of four members of his family in 1994. Through this hearing, the investigating committee will say whether or not it transmits the detainee’s request to the Court of Review.
It can, therefore, order additional information if it considers that additional investigations must be carried out, reject the request or, on the contrary, transmit it to the Court of Review.
Only the latter, if contacted, can rule on whether or not the life sentence of Dany Leprince, now 67, should be annulled.
Dany Leprince’s request was filed in the spring of 2021. Three years later, on December 12, 2024, the magistrates of the investigating commission examined this request behind closed doors for three long hours. They will make their decision today.
A first request refused in 2011 by the Court of Review
Concerning the facts for which Dany Leprince was convicted, these date back to September 4, 1994. At the time, four people were found massacred with knives in a pavilion located in Thorigné-sur-Dué, in Sarthe.
-They are Christian Leprince, brother of Dany Leprince, his wife and his two children, Audrey, 7 years old, and Sandra, 10 years old. The couple’s third daughter, Solène, 2 years old, was the only survivor.
Accused by his wife and eldest daughter, Dany Leprince ends up confessing to the murder of his brother in police custody, without mentioning the three other victims. However, the man quickly changed his version, indicating that his confession had been extorted by investigators and claiming his innocence.
In 1997, Dany Leprince, who was nicknamed “the butcher of Sarthe”, was sentenced to life imprisonment with 22 years of security by the Assize Court.
After the rejection of his cassation appeal in 1999 – the possibility of appealing a conviction by an assize court has only been possible in France since 2000 – he filed a first request for review in 2006. But the Court review had refused in 2011 to hold a new trial.
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