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Found guilty of "rape", Georges Tron appeals to cassation

2021-02-18T19:31:37.183Z


Sentenced on Wednesday February 17 to five years in prison, two of which were suspended, the mayor of Draveil has been claiming his innocence for ten years.


After a false start in December 2017, a first full trial in October-November 2018 and an appeal trial in January-February 2021, will there be a new Tron trial in the years to come?

In any case, this is what the defense of Georges Tron wants.

This Thursday, February 18 in the evening, one of the lawyers of the mayor of Draveil, Me Antoine Vey, announced on the set of C to you, on France 5, that he was going to appeal in cassation.

Read also: Georges Tron trial: the fluctuating perception of consent

The court of cassation does not judge the substance of the case, only interested in the form.

If she decides to overturn the judgment of the Assize Court, which on February 17 sentenced Georges Tron to five years in prison, two of which were suspended and his former assistant Brigitte Gruel to two years in prison for "rape" and “Sexual assault”, a new trial will have to be held.

Otherwise, the decision will become final.

Read also: Georges Tron sentenced to five years in prison, three of which is closed, for rape and sexual assault

"Moral constraint"

The Tron case began in May 2011, when two former employees of the town hall of Draveil, Virginie Ettel and Éva Loubrieu, filed a complaint against Georges Tron and Brigitte Gruel.

Acquitted at first instance, the latter were this time found guilty of "rape" and "sexual assault" on one of the two plaintiffs, Virginie Ettel.

The court found in particular that the defendants had exerted a

"moral constraint"

on the mother of the family.

To read also: Trial Tron: "The heart of this file, it is the grip", plead the lawyers of the plaintiffs

This is

“an extremely important verdict that will stand out.

The court was brilliant in its motivation, ”

responded to the

Figaro

Me Élodie Tuaillon-Hibon, who represents the Association against violence against women at work (AVFT), civil party in the trial.

This is obviously not the opinion of the defense of Georges Tron, who considers that

"the doubt did not benefit the accused",

immediately imprisoned in the prison of Health at the end of the hearing.

Source: lefigaro

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