Gwladys Laffitte, with AFP
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7:47 p.m., February 04, 2022
On trial before the Assizes of Grenoble for the murder of Maëlys, Nordahl Lelandais “solemnly” denied on Friday any sexual attack on the girl, sticking to his statements while questions persist about what led him to deliver the fatal blows to the child.
On trial before the Assizes of Grenoble for the murder of Maëlys, Nordahl Lelandais “solemnly” denied on Friday any sexual attack on the girl, sticking to his statements while questions persist about what led him to deliver the fatal blows to the child.
“I didn’t do it on their daughter”
“I know the De Araujo family is wondering if I did this on their daughter, I say this solemnly, I did not do this on their daughter,” the 38-year-old former dog handler said after he again admitted to having sexually assaulted a goddaughter before the Assize Court of Isère.
“I recognize the facts that I committed on my goddaughter, whom I love, whom I loved very much,” he added, saying he was “ashamed” of these “cowardly facts”. “I did it when she was sleeping because I am unable to do it on a little girl who is awake”, he added in this declaration made in the wake of the testimony of the parents of his goddaughter and the projection of the footage of the assault found on his phone.
Lelandais tried for sexual assault of two little cousins
In addition to the kidnapping and murder of Maëlys at a wedding in August 2017, Nordahl Lelandais is also on trial for the sexual assaults of two little cousins, his 4-year-old goddaughter and another 6-year-old, in July and August. 2017. Investigators had got their hands on the videos of these attacks shot by the accused.
“Why did he do that? Has he ever done that on other children? (…) Since when has he had this attraction?” Asked the bar’s mother. one of the girls. The facts about the second cousin are to be reviewed on Monday.