A request for a second opinion, formulated by the owner of the dog Curtis, designated as responsible for the death of Elisa Pilarski in the Aisne in 2019, was rejected by the examining magistrate, said on Wednesday the prosecutor charged by interim of the file.
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The lawyer for Christophe Ellul, the owner of the animal, "
who calls into question the work and the conclusions of the experts, asked for a second opinion and additional expertise, which were refused by the examining magistrate by reasoned order
”, indicated to AFP Eric Boussuge, public prosecutor of Soissons by interim, confirming information of Courrier Picard.
"
An appeal against this rejection decision has been made and is currently
" examined "
before the Investigation Chamber of the Amiens Court of Appeal which should rule in the coming weeks
," he added.
Elisa Pilarski, 29 years old and pregnant, was found dead in a forest in the Aisne at the end of 2019 where she was walking Curtis, near a hounds hunt, after "
a hemorrhage following several bites
", according to the autopsy.
His companion, Christophe Ellul, had implicated the hunting pack, but the results of DNA analyzes and an examination of the bites "
tend to demonstrate the exclusive involvement of the dog Curtis in the bites which led to the death
" of the young. woman, the prosecution said in November.
“
Curtis is innocent.
He would never have killed Elisa
”, then reacted Christophe Ellul, criticizing the expert reports.
