The court had finally decided not to retain the premeditated nature of the facts. The Pontoise public prosecutor’s office (Val-d’Oise) announced on Friday that it had “appealed” of the decision rendered Thursday by the juvenile court for the murder of Alisha, 14, where two teenagers were sentenced to ten years in prison.
The 16-year-old boy and girl initially appeared for the murder of the schoolgirl, beaten and drowned in the Seine in March 2021 in Argenteuil, but after four days of trial behind closed doors, the court decided to reclassify the made in “murder of a 15-year-old minor” without premeditation.
“It does not appear sufficiently characterized elements” proving the will “preparatory acts” in view of the girl’s death, even though the teenagers had “mindfulness” of his distress, had estimated the president of the court. Their appeal trial will be held before the minors’ chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal (Yvelines).
Misunderstanding and anger
The sentence was greeted Thursday evening with incomprehension and anger by the civil parties and their many supporters. “It’s not normal, I expected something from the law. They are going to come out in ten years. My daughter was killed,” shouted the mother of the victim in the corridors of the Pontoise courthouse.
Solicited by AFP, the teenager’s lawyer, Me Frank Berton, who underlined Thursday “a decision filled with wisdom and also with measure”, declined to comment on the prosecutor’s appeal. Alisha’s family attorney was not immediately available.
The schoolgirl succumbed on March 8, 2021 after an ambush by two classmates in Argenteuil, according to the elements reported by the prosecutor, Eric Corbaux, at the material time. At the foot of the pillars of the viaduct of the A15 motorway which spans the Seine, the young girl had found a classmate. A few minutes later, a boy had approached the victim to strike him multiple blows, some of which in the face, then she had been thrown into the Seine, had detailed the magistrate. The autopsy concluded death by drowning.
The three college students, educated at the Cognacq-Jay vocational high school, a private establishment in Argenteuil, initially had good relations. These deteriorated against a background of love affairs and “trivia“Teenagers marked by harassment, had pointed Eric Corbaux.