The Colmar Court of Appeal validated Thursday the referral to the assizes for "
assassination
" of Jean-Marc Reiser, who admitted having killed the Strasbourg student Sophie Le Tan in 2018 but disputes any premeditation, AFP learned from one of his lawyers and the General Prosecutor's Office. The investigating chamber of the Colmar Court of Appeal confirmed "
the indictment of Mr. Reiser before the Bas-Rhin Assize Court for the count (...) of assassination
", punishable by life imprisonment, said Me Francis Metzger, confirming information from France 3 Grand Est. "
The Court orders the indictment of Jean-Marc Reiser for having killed Sophie Le Tan with premeditation
", we told the Public Prosecutor's Office of Colmar.
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The investigation chamber was seized in June by Jean-Marc Reiser, 61, who categorically disputes any premeditation in the murder of the young woman.
The court also confirmed the partial dismissal pronounced by the investigating judge for the counts of kidnapping and forcible confinement, added Me Metzger.
"
The provisions concerning (this) partial dismissal (...) are final
", according to the General Prosecutor's Office.
The suspect finally confessed to the murder in January
Jean-Marc Reiser has “
five clear days
” to appeal to the cassation but has not yet made his decision, explained the lawyer. "
In the absence of an appeal, this judgment will become final on October 22,
" he added. The trial before the Bas-Rhin assizes "
should probably take place during the month of June
" 2022 in Strasbourg, even if an appeal "would
slow down the final progress of the judicial process
", added the council.
Sophie Le Tan had disappeared on September 7, 2018, her 20th birthday, when she was going to Schiltigheim, north of Strasbourg, to visit an apartment.
Author of the real estate ad, Jean-Marc Reiser was arrested a few days later, when traces of blood voluntarily erased had been found in his apartment, as well as the student's DNA on a saw in his cellar.
The student's incomplete skeleton was found in the forest in October 2019.
Last January, a few weeks after the end of the investigation and after months of denials, Jean-Marc Reiser finally confessed to the murder during a final hearing that he himself had requested before the investigating judge. , after his lawyers threatened to stop defending him.