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Trial of the death of Fiona: Cécile Bourgeon evokes "blows of Berkane"

2020-12-04T20:47:33.424Z


On the third day of their appeal before the Rhône Assize Court, the mother of the little girl who died in 2013 claimed that the child


On the third day of their appeal trial before the Rhône Assize Court in Lyon, Cécile Bourgeon and Berkane Makhlouf, prosecuted for “aggravated fatal blows” on little Fiona, 5, who died in 2013 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy- de-Dôme), began, this Thursday, December 3, to blame themselves.

If little Fiona, reported missing on May 12, 2018, had been withdrawn from school, it is because she had, according to her mother, been beaten by her stepfather to the point of not being presentable.

"She was in too bad a condition, assures the court Cécile Bourgeon.

She had eaten the blows of Berkane ”.

So much so that the mother had had to put on make-up and camouflage the bruise on her face behind a blindfold.

It is for this same reason that the couple went, on the morning of May 10, to the doctor, without Fiona, to ask for a medical certificate justifying the child's school absences.

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This version, presented by the mother, her ex-companion and co-accused Berkane Makhlouf refutes it.

If Fiona was out of school during the period before her death, it was simply "that she had a little health problem, a little cold".

But the scars of beatings that made her "not presentable"?

No !

“She didn't have anything serious like Cécile says, she was presentable.

She had her bruise on, I don't know how she did that bruise… I'm not going to accuse Cécile, I didn't see her do it ”.

Still, the little one was declared missing two days later.

And after four months, the couple will admit that she was actually dead.

"He was known for his verbal abuse"

This famous Sunday afternoon of the declared disappearance of Fiona at Montjuzet Park in Clermont-Ferrand, while she is supposed to be walking with her mother, Berkane Makhlouf will knock on the door of the couple of guards of the building, for their ask to drive him urgently to the park to help Cécile find the little one.

The goalkeeper does not have a very good opinion of Makhlouf.

"I always had the impression that the people in the building were afraid of Berkane Makhlouf", she testifies via the videoconference.

“There are some families that posed a problem, such as Ms. Bourgeon and Mr. Makhlouf.

He was known for his verbal abuse ”.

One day, a collision with a car for a parking space made neighbors predict "that it would not be long before he returned to prison".

"We have thought of everything and even the worst"

While the Clermont-Ferrand park is raked by an impressive search device, the guardian decides to go and inspect the garbage cans of the building.

“After Fiona disappeared, we emptied the trash cans with my husband,” she says.

"And why are you rummaging through the trash this Sunday night?"

»Asks a lawyer of the civil parties.

The witness hesitates, then launches out: “Everyone looked in the trash, we were perhaps looking for the improbable.

We thought of everything, and even the worst with this affair ”.

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She didn't find anything suspicious there.

While one still wonders is past the body of the child, the police collected, the testimony of a neighbor, indicating to have observed, on Sunday afternoon, Makhlouf out of his building with a big black trash bag. 100 liters and throw it in the garbage container in the neighboring building.

This witness could never be found.

Source: leparis

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