The investigating judge responsible for the investigation into the death of a woman killed by at least one dog in a forest in the Aisne, visited the site on Wednesday 12 February, we learned from sources. concordant, confirming information from the Union.
" A transport on the spot was organized this day in forest of Retz by the examining magistrate ", indicated to AFP the public prosecutor of Soissons, Frédéric Trinh, specifying that services of the national gendarmerie are on the spot for " Provide security ".
Elisa Pilarski, 29, then pregnant, had gone for a walk with her dog Curtis and was found dead on November 16 in the Retz forest where a hunting with hounds was organized in parallel.
According to the autopsy, the death was caused by " a hemorrhage following several dog bites in the upper and lower limbs and in the head ". Judicial information against X is in progress for “ involuntary manslaughter by clumsiness, recklessness, inattention, negligence or failure to observe a duty of care (...) resulting from the aggression committed by dogs ”, entrusted to the interregional police directorate court of Lille.
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In order to identify the responsible animals, genetic samples were taken from 67 dogs: the 5 American Staffordshire by Elisa Pilarski and 62 dogs belonging to the Rallye la Passion association. The results are not yet known.
The chase crew, Sébastien van den Berghe, was placed under the status of assisted witness, an intermediate status between the indictment and the status of simple witness, at his request, according to his lawyer, who participated transport on Wednesday. " I officially appeal to the public prosecutor of Soissons - who is the only one to do so procedurally - to make public, as quickly as possible, certain objective elements of the procedure ", had argued Me Guillaume Demarcq, lawyer for M van den Berghe, so that " finally the spread of fragmentary or inaccurate information on the number of dogs likely to be the cause of death ".
The prosecution is expected to communicate on this case in late February.