25 years of criminal imprisonment were required Friday, September 10 against a 22-year-old man, accused of having violently killed a homosexual at the latter's home in Jouy-le-Moutier in 2018.
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"
It is not a desire to kill him, it is a desire to annihilate him, to destroy him
", declared Chloé Audureau, general counsel before the Assize Court of Val-d'Oise, judging the young person. man for murder. The magistrate mentioned "
eleven blows carried with a sharp object
" and "
a number of lesions difficult to quantify
" found on the victim, a 55-year-old chief accountant who was bathed in a pool of blood, in the pavilion where he had been living alone since his divorce in 2008.
Before requesting 25 years of criminal imprisonment, accompanied by a security sentence of two thirds, Chloé Audureau denounced "
a story (of the accused) clearly polluted
" by what he convinced himself to have done.
"
At the time of the facts, he is not possessed as he says today, but very organized, rational
", she maintained.
The day before, the accused had said to have heard a "
voice
" which had "
shouted kill him it is a demon
" during the attack.
Aged 18 at the time of the facts, he admitted the assault, but denies having wanted to kill the victim, first met three weeks before, via a dating site mainly used by the gay community.
The invocation of madness in question
According to psychiatrists and psychologists, he is tormented by intense questioning about his sexual orientation, which could have provoked his aggressiveness.
They also mentioned a possible alteration of his judgment, without concluding that he was criminally irresponsible.
For the lawyer for the civil parties, Caty Richard, the “
will to believe in madness
” is part of a “
defense strategy
”.
“
We all want to hang on to that.
Even for us, it could have been reassuring,
”pleaded the lawyer.
“
What bothers us is that we have the feeling of being instrumentalized
”.
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In his plea, Me Richard referred to a "
criminal trajectory
" of the accused, also indicted for extortion and attempted murder in another case concerning the attacks of two homosexuals met on the same site. He said he had targeted homosexuals in revenge for a sexual assault suffered during childhood. "
The company mourns the observation that all the advances for the normalization of the homosexual orientation are not enough to stop the rejection of homosexuality by some
", lamented the general counsel. The verdict is expected in the evening.
