Michelle Martin, the ex-wife of killer and pedophile Marc Dutroux, will be released unconditionally this Friday, Justice announced to relatives of the victims. Sentenced in 2004 to 30 years in prison by the Assize Court of Arlon, because found guilty of having actively participated in the sequestrations by her ex-husband, she will no longer have to report to justice. An announcement difficult to digest for the families of victims. The father of one of the victims confided in Europe 1.
Michelle Martin is granted parole
He expected it, Michelle Martin free, without conditions. Jean-Denis Lejeune, father of Julie, one of Marc Dutroux’s victims, can only admit the facts, but with bitterness. “I am particularly furious with the Belgian judicial system which I find unsuited to the facts for which it is responsible.”
Locked up since 1996, Michelle Martin was granted parole in 2012. Ten years later, these conditions fall. No more psychological follow-up, no more electronic bracelets and authorized contacts with the families of the victims in particular. But Jean-Denis expects nothing.
“I had the opportunity to meet her when she was released on parole, but she simply stuck to telling what was already in the file, so with completely contradictory versions,” he regrets. -he.
For this father, there are many unanswered questions. “We still don’t know exactly who kidnapped Julie and Mélissa, we don’t know how it happened. There are still a lot of unknowns that remain on the carpet.” For his part, Marc Dutroux, 65, continues to serve his sentence in Nivelles prison.