The trial of Nordahl Lelandais is coming to an end. For the murder of little Maëlys, the Advocate General demanded the maximum sentence: life imprisonment. The victim’s sister said she was “liberated”.
D-1 before the verdict for Nordahl Lelandais. After an extremely publicized trial, the former soldier will know what sentence falls to him after the kidnapping and murder of little Maëlys in 2017. Witnesses, experts, relatives of the victim, and the accused followed one another at the helm for long days. And this Thursday, February 17, Jacques Dallest, the Advocate General held a very strong speech before stating his requisitions.
“You destroyed a life in April 2017. Then in August 2017. You assaulted two young children. You have destroyed families. You are a happiness destroyer. A pest of innocence. The killer of a child. You have to send him to a grand criminal prison. Big criminal, big predator. How to punish him? He who murders a child embodies the most pitiless face of death.” He then asked for life imprisonment for the murder of Maëlys, accompanied by a 22-year security sentence.
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The hearing was adjourned shortly thereafter. Asked by our colleagues from BFMTV at the exit of the Grenoble Courthouse, those close to Maëlys spoke. Jennifer de Araujo, the little girl’s mother, said: “That’s what I was expecting, then we’ll see the verdict tomorrow”. Her eldest daughter Colleen expressed a sense of relief, and “liberation”. “It is the most important, for Maëlys and for the other children, that he is in prison because he is dangerous and he can still do harm”.
And indeed, the trial continues this Thursday afternoon with the pleadings of the lawyers of Nordahl Lelandais. The verdict will be announced on Friday, February 18.
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