Murder of a Champagne winegrower: his son indicted

2022-10-06T18:56:44.960Z

Yann Vadin, son of the owner of the Vadin-Plateau champagne house, was indicted for "murder on ascendant", and admitted to being...

Yann Vadin, son of the owner of the Vadin-Plateau champagne house, was indicted for "murder on ascending", and admitted to being the author of fatal shots on his father at the end of September, according to him by "

accident

", announced the parquet floor of Reims.

On September 30, Jean-Luc Vadin, 57, was found dead at his home in Cumières (Marne), shot dead.

“

Traces of burglary

” had then been noted, recalls in a press release the public prosecutor of Reims, Matthieu Bourrette.

Murder disguised as burglary

On Wednesday, the Reims judicial police finally took his 33-year-old son Yann into custody.

After having "

denied any criminal act

", he admitted, "

in the presence of his lawyer, to have killed his father, and to have organized the staging of a burglary

", ensuring "

to have acted alone

", continues the prosecutor.

The suspect explained that, "

working within the winery with his father, the two being partners, he suffered from the significant pressure he was under from his father

", details the prosecutor.

He "

also encountered difficulties in the management of the company, and the existence of significant financial withdrawals that he had made from the company's accounts for his personal benefit and which he had difficulty repaying

On the day of the murder, he said he "

arrived very early

" at his father's house, "

with the intention of committing suicide with his own firearm

“

For reasons that remain to be determined

”, he would then have “

crossed paths with his father

” and “

shot in his direction

”, according to him “

by accident