A three-month suspended prison sentence was requested on appeal on Thursday March 31 in Bordeaux against a teacher tried for the "
manslaughter
" of an eight-year-old schoolgirl with Down's syndrome who was defenestrated by her "
psychotic
" classmate on January 8, 2015 in Perigueux.
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The fall of little Laly, from a height of five meters, had occurred in a class specializing in inclusive education in her establishment, the private school of the Sacred Heart welcoming children with psychomotor disabilities and / or behavioral problems.
At the time of the events, the girl had left the classroom, once her work was finished, to join the adjoining playroom where her little friend was.
“
I didn't see the children in the next room.
It haunts me
, ”said Elisabeth Jaccard at the helm, who says she “
didn’t hear anything
” as she looked at the work of other students.
The school life assistant was on his side gone to lunch.
“ Unmanageable
” child
to watch
"
I did not think for a single second that such a thing could happen
," assured this tall, dark-haired woman, before bursting into tears.
"
I will always blame myself, I'm so sorry
."
At first instance, she had been acquitted by the Angoulême court, justifying her decision by "
the absence of serious fault
".
But for Advocate General Céline Raignault, this director “
could not ignore
” that the little boy “
required increased supervision.
She had indicated that he was becoming truly unmanageable
”.
The child had previously beaten the child with Down syndrome on the school stairs on the grounds that “
she was shorter than him
".
Instructions had been given to monitor him and a meeting was scheduled to propose his transfer to a medical-educational establishment.
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“
She did not apply to herself her orders given
” to others, judged Me Pierre Daniel Lamazières, lawyer for the Laly family.
Other facts prior to his arrival at the school had not, however, been brought to his attention by the social services of the department: in 2013, the boy had already pushed a girl from the balcony of a house, injuring her slightly.
The director assures her: “
if she had been informed, she would have refused to register it
”.
For his advice, Me Lionel Béthune de Moro, “
we knowingly left (his client) in the dark
” by “getting
rid
” of the child within the private school.
Judgment was reserved for May 3.
