There is only one day left of interrogation. There is only one day left of interrogation. Repeat it to believe it. To say that, on the evening of Monday, November 18, after having heard the last four accused, the screens in the courtroom of the Vaucluse criminal court will no longer light up on Mazan’s bedroom.
On Tuesday, the fifty men prosecuted for rape will be gathered again for final questions, final readings, then the second part of this trial will begin, the pleadings of the civil party, the indictment, the pleadings of the defense.
Is that why the last few kilometers seemed so long, so heavy? The most nauseating videos? The most painful denials to listen to? Of the three accused interviewed on Friday November 15, none admits to the rapes of which they are accused. All three appear detained. From the computer of the first, Christian L., photos of minors were unearthed, which also led to him being prosecuted for possession of child pornography images. The second, Nizar H., has eight mentions in his criminal record, including repeated domestic violence, repeated death threats and child abduction. The third, Charly A., went to Mazan six times.
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So yes, it was more difficult to hear the rage of Christian L., 56, against those who “have been dragging in the mud for four years”. To sympathize with her grief at not having news of her two grown daughters and not having been able to accompany her mother’s last days. To listen to him, the fire major of a Vaucluse barracks, volunteer at 16, professional at 18, claiming to have carried out his oath – “Respect all victims, take into account all distress” – on all terrains, fires, accidents, disasters, mountain rescues. “I’m at about 4,000 deaths in my career,” he said.
“We’re gone for years”
Because there were the images of his visit to Mazan, the afternoon of January 15, 2020. Christian L., dressed in a service t-shirt, laboring for long minutes on Gisèle’s naked and inert body Pelicot, before raising a satisfied thumb in the direction of his host’s camera.
For four years, Christian L. has been looking for a « explication ». At court, he delivered the only one he found: he must have been himself “under chemical submission” by Dominique Pelicot. He sees no other explanation for these images: “It’s my body, it’s not my brain. »
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