They had corresponded for some time.
Sentenced last February to life imprisonment for the murder of little Maëlys, Nordahl Lelandais was seen on Thursday April 28 by prison guards having sex with a visitor, reports
Le Dauphiné Liberated
.
The prison officers immediately intervened and interrupted the sexual act.
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The detainee, imprisoned in the prison of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in Isère, would have maintained a “
sustained correspondence
” with the young woman, assured the
released Dauphiné
the prison management of the establishment, specifying that the visit permit had given him was granted "
by the management of the establishment in view of the favorable opinion resulting from the prefectural investigation
".
This permit has now been temporarily withdrawn.
If the young woman will be, according to the regional daily, the subject of an adversarial procedure, Nordahl Lelandais, he risks 14 days in the disciplinary district for "exhibition", the visiting room being considered as a public place where sexual relations are prohibited .