The 30-year prison sentence was requested Wednesday at the Hérault assizes against Daniel Malgouyres, accused of having organized his own burglary and killed one of the criminals in Servian (Hérault), in 2017, against the backdrop of a tumultuous divorce with his spouse. “
He is accused of three serious crimes: murder, attempted murder and forcible confinement on his own wife. I ask for 30 years
”, declared at the end of his indictment of two hours the Advocate General, Georges Gutierrez. By killing with a gun one of the two real-false burglars, David Viers, 43, the owner of the Jardins de Saint-Adrien, crowned “
favorite garden of the French
” in 2013 by Stéphane Bern on France 2, n was not in self-defense but "
bordering on assassination
", He estimated.
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Highlighting the "
lies
" of Daniel Malgouyres, who denies the facts with which he is accused, the Advocate General hammered home his conviction that the main accused, aged 72 and in pre-trial detention for four years, was indeed the sponsor of a false burglary: "
His love of the garden resulted in a staging that traumatized his wife,
" he noted. His motive was to “
keep his domain
”, “
to scare his wife Françoise
”, with whom things hadn't been going well for a long time, and to “
live your life with someone else
”, in this case the South American employee with whom he had "
fallen in love
". But the scenario has "
seized up
When, unexpectedly, Françoise Malgouyres refused to reveal the combination of her safe, in which her husband thought she had placed the 100,000 euros which, according to the prosecution, were to be used to pay the thugs.
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The attorney general called for an 18-year sentence against the second burglar, Richard Bruno, 57, and the same 18-year prison sentence against Richard Llop, 56, a friend of the couple who had been busy organizing burglar.
For the Advocate General, although "e
scroc, thief and scheming
”Richard Llop did not have the stature for this type of operation and he obeyed the orders of Daniel Malgouyres, whose esteem and financial support he sought.
The lawyers of Richard Llop and Richard Bruno will plead Wednesday afternoon, those of Daniel Malgouyres Thursday.
The verdict is expected Friday.
Jean-Pierre Bruno, 81, the father of Richard Bruno, accused of helping Richard Llop recruit the two real-false burglars, will be tried later, his state of health not allowing his appearance this fall.