9-year-old child beaten to death: his big brother proclaims his innocence on appeal. The verdict from the Doubs Assize Court is expected on Friday.

The autopsy of the victim's body was unable to determine the precise causes of death, but experts believe that it was the result of "several hours of violence" The older brother called his mother, who had gone to Paris, to tell her that Seal-Evan had not done his homework. She tells him to “handle it” and “spank” his brother. “I don’t want to die,” implores the child under the blows, begging his brother to stop.