“
Mr. Lelandais, it's time to explain to you, you have the floor.
In a cathedral-like silence, Nordahl Lelandais gets up, his hands tied and his chest straight.
The court holds its breath, as do the dozens of onlookers who came to witness this crucial moment in the proceedings.
It is hoped that the interrogation of the day will be the turning point of the trial.
For ten days, the former dog handler, responding to his friends who urged him to speak, promised to tell the truth about the murder of little Maëlys.
The hopes were too high.
This Friday before the assizes of Isère, the accused took refuge behind a fortress of lies, arousing the exasperation of the assembly.
During the investigation, the former soldier had explained that he had given the girl a first blow because she
was "whipping"
.
For long minutes, it was while crying himself that the accused returned to the night of the tragedy.
That evening in August 2017 in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, he remembers several discussions with the little girl…
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