Marc Dutroux's lawyer, imprisoned for life for having kidnapped, raped and killed minors, is temporarily putting the brakes on his request for parole, due to a damning psychiatric report.
Marc Dutroux is not ready to see the outside world again. His lawyer gives up "for the time being" to his request for parole, reports RTL. The Belgian criminal was sentenced in 2004 to life imprisonment for the rape of six young girls and young girls, and the murder of four of them (two murdered and two starved to death). According to the latest psychiatric expert report, ordered for a possible release request, Marc Dutroux presents "a high risk of recurrence" and would therefore still be dangerous. Master Bruno Dayez, who took over the defense of Marc Dutroux in 2016, wanted to obtain his release in view of 2021, according to several media. During his trial before the Arles Assize Court, the man was described as a "true psychopath", a "narcissistic pervert" or even a "manipulator".
"It's very very negative (…), it locks up the last doors", said Maître Bruno Dayez, following the conclusions of the assessment to define the mental health and dangerousness of Marc Dutroux. This analysis, requested from the Brussels Criminal Court (TAP), was commissioned from three experts in October 2019. According to the results, Marc Dutroux has a "psychopathic profile", joined to an absence of empathy, as well as a narcissistic and asocial character. As recalled by 20 Minutes, the last reports on the criminal dated from 2013 and 2015, and had been carried out by the psycho-social service of the prison de Nivelles, Belgium, where he remains detained.
Other damning data
The Dutch-speaking Belgian daily From Morgen was able to obtain more information regarding the report. In front of the experts, Marc Dutroux would have admitted to being "like a performer directed by someone else." Analysis reveals that he presents a "sadism-type paraphilia." A paraphilia is a set of sexual practices that depart from the so-called "traditional" or "normal" pattern. These are sexual abuses that can be dangerous, outlawed or causing suffering.
Despite everything, Marc Dutroux still has the hope of having a new trial, with the prospect of being cleared. "I must necessarily postpone my projects because to propose a credible reclassification plan, his lawyer said. With a diagnosis of psychopathy, I'm not sure who will accept. (…) I never said I abdicated ".