He left Nicoleta, 25-year-old Romanian, "
dying and he does not care
": the Advocate General requested Tuesday in Nîmes 20 years of imprisonment against a man accused of having killed with particular fierceness the prostitute who dreamed of 'a better life in France.
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“
We cannot hear that because she was in this prostitution situation the facts would be less serious.
The company protects the lives of all its members in the same way,
”said Advocate General Patrick Bottero during his requisitions against Anthony Riss, a 23-year-old former house painter.
The man, described as "
angry
" and "
untimely
", is accused of having killed the young woman from a poor region of Romania for a "
sordid
"
motive
, the doubling of the price of the pass.
"
What is certain in this case is the intention to kill, five stab wounds in the region of the heart, the first is fatal
", recalled the Advocate General.
The 25-year-old victim was beaten in Rodilhan (Gard) on the night of May 31 to June 1, 2018, "
while she was turning her back on him
" to escape the vehicle and, "
as if everything that was not enough, to make sure to finish it he hits it
”with the car, continued Patrick Bottero.
"
The mobile ... it would be the doubling of the price, it is cold in the back because in the end the value of Nicoleta's life for Mr. Riss was 150 euros.
If that's it, it's sordid,
”he denounced.
No regrets
The Advocate General castigated the lack of awareness by the accused of "the
consequences that this has for the victim and his family
".
Throughout the trial, Anthony Riss did not express any regret, just recognizing lip service to have stabbed the young woman in an "
outburst
" of anger.
The defense pleaded extenuating circumstances, including the fact that he had never been convicted and that he confessed to the crime.
The young Romanian did not know "
a sweet death
", insisted the Advocate General.
The accused "
knows that she is seriously injured or even dying and he does not care!"
", He added, recalling that Anthony Riss, suffering from epilepsy, has never been convicted but has a"
particularly worrying
"profile.
Nicoleta, whose mother died in 2015, nurtured the hope of a "
French dream
" to try to help her parents financially.
But, like other young poor Romanians, she quickly falls into prostitution and will even be "the
victim of very serious violence
" from members of a pimping network dismantled in 2016 in Nîmes.
“
The last time I had her on the phone, on May 1 or 2, it was her birthday and she told me that she was going to come to Romania: she was very happy, she knew that I was sick.
», Testified his father contacted by AFP at his home in Lipovu.
He now hopes that French justice will condemn the murderer "
so that he does not make other families suffer
".
The verdict is expected Tuesday evening.