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"At the end of the investigation" (France 2) retraces the Jacomet affair, a disturbing miscarriage of justice

2023-01-14T08:15:03.132Z


CRITICISM - In 1988, an innocent man was accused of having committed a triple murder, including that of his wife. The program presented by Marie Drucker returns to this episode, this Saturday January 14 at 2:05 p.m.


Appearances are not always deceiving.

It is difficult to imagine behind this shy and sympathetic air a monstrous assassin.

Henri-Jean Jacomet testifies from his farm in Huos, in Haute-Garonne (31), not far from the donkeys he takes care of, preferring to stay away from human society.

She hasn't always wished her well.

Patiently, the sexagenarian recapitulates the story of this legal fiasco, a new subject of the France 2 magazine "At the end of the investigation".

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One day in July 1988, worried about not having heard from his wife, Henri-Jean went to see his parents-in-law.

Fabienne lies on the ground, in a pool of blood.

His sister Joëlle, also dead, was disemboweled.

Fernando, her husband, is found upstairs, shot in the head.

The experts conclude in the double assassination followed by the suicide of the murderer, Fernando, whose depressive tendencies were known.

The dreadful affair should have ended there.

The blindness and anger of Fabienne and Joëlle's family rekindle her.

She lodges a complaint against X, which leads to the opening of a new investigation.

Was the research section dispatched on the spot influenced?

A testimony slipped at the end of the documentary suggests that the gendarmes could have been bribed.

Were they simply overzealous, eager to prove they were better than their colleagues?

In any case, Henri-Jean becomes their obsession.

They twist a testimony, magnify an alleged infidelity of Fabienne.

The judge is convinced.

It will be jail.

Seven years for a truth

In the village, people think that after all, yes, this Jacomet looked a bit odd.

Old grudges reawaken.

No one, obviously, wants to see the friendly Fernando guilty.


This documentary, hosted by Marie Drucker, with Alain Bauer, professor of criminology, could have tried to explain why suspicion is turned away from him.

And further elucidate the brother-in-law's motive.

Stayed behind bars for a year before being released, Henri-Jean was tried at the assizes seven years after the tragedy, in 1995. At the helm, the key witness cleared him and the ballistics expert was finally listened to.

The truth comes out.

Twenty-eight years have passed, but time has passed slowly.

In the village of Huos,

"some still lower their eyes when they see me"

, confides Henri-Jean Jacomet, gently stroking his donkeys.

Source: lefigaro

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