Double murder in the Cévennes: 30 years required against the accused, including 20 years of security

2024-01-29T11:48:28.918Z

Highlights: Double murder in the Cévennes: 30 years required against the accused, including 20 years of security. Valentin Marcone is on trial for having shot dead his boss and a colleague in May 2021 at the Plantiers sawmill, in the heart of the Cevennes. The Advocate General considered that premeditation was not established and that it was therefore not a question of assassinations, but only of murders committed concomitantly. He also considered that ValentinMarcone’s discernment was “impaired” at the time of the events.

Valentin Marcone is on trial for having shot dead his boss and a colleague in May 2021 at the Plantiers sawmill, in the heart of the Cévennes. The Advocate General considered that premeditation was not established.