In a week, Arthur Noyer's parents will face the alleged murderer of their son.
From May 3, Nordahl Lelandais will be tried before the Assize Court of Savoy in Chambéry.
Arthur Noyer, 23, corporal in the 13th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs de Barby, disappeared on April 12, 2017 in Chambéry, after a festive evening with his friends.
Lelandais admitted having put him in his car.
He then evokes a fight with Arthur, and an accidental death of the young soldier, fallen under his punches.
A thesis in which Cécile and Didier Noyer absolutely do not believe.
They hope that the truth will emerge during the trial.
And this Tuesday, for the first time, they are speaking.
In order to show their determination in the face of the one who should also be tried for the murder of little Maëlys.
What state of mind are you in before the opening of this trial?
CÉCILE WALNUT.
We are ready.
And we are in "warrior" mode.
We want to be heard.
We are going to court to see justice done.
And that the person implicated be punished.
And we are confident.
DIDIER WALNUT.
It is an injustice that our son was murdered.
We're going to face the murderer.
With our conviction, our strength but also with the strength of Arthur which is obviously always present in us.
We are sure he will guide us.
We will try to be worthy of him.
We're not going to fail.
And we hope that justice will be up to the task.
We will be there to serve her.
CN
Yes, Arthur is in our hearts.
All the love that we have for him will bring us during this trial.
And this force, it is not the one who killed it who will destroy it.
You will find yourself facing Nordahl Lelandais for the first time.
Are you dreading this moment?
CN
No, I don't apprehend it even though I don't know how I'm going to react.
It is true that for the moment, I have only seen it in photos.
DN
We are not afraid of anyone.
We are going to be facing "the other", and we are going to face "the other".
When you speak of Lelandais, you say "the other".
You don't want to mention his name?
DN
Yes, I call him "the other" and I will keep calling him "the other" until he is eventually touched by some sort of grace and admits that he really is. murderer of our son.
It will then be able to take on a slightly more human dimension.
But otherwise, it remains "the other" effectively.
You speak of the “murderer” of your son when the premeditation was not accepted by justice and Lelandais was appearing for “murder” ...
DN
I am convinced that he is an assassin. Even if he is in denial or understating the facts. We therefore rely on our master lawyer Bernard Boulloud who has had our full confidence from the start. And we will respect popular judgment even if it may not satisfy us. Because we are legalists. We want this trial to take place with dignity. Even though, internally, we will hold back our anger.
CN
We hope to have the truth during this trial.
For now, we have the truth of "the other".
Well, what he really means.
Arthur is no longer there to talk.
"The other" denied at first for months.
Then he said he hitchhiked Arthur and dropped him off somewhere alive.
Before admitting that he had killed him but that it was an accident.
In fact, I do not expect anything from Lelandais during this trial.
I'm not sure he has evolved into what he is.
"He was a boy full of joie de vivre, loving with his family, his friends," says Cécile Noyer, about her son Arthur.
LP / Serge Pueyo
Do you think that Nordahl Lelandais does not have the courage to take responsibility for his actions?
DN
Me, I'm sure I can look at myself in the mirror.
"The other", he does what he wants.
He gets by.
This is his problem.
Me, I save my time for the people I love.
When Nordahl Lelandais says that it was Arthur who gave the first punch, you are revolted ...
DN
He only has to file a complaint too!
Let him file a complaint!
It's so huge.
Except that one is dead and the other is not.
What the "other" said is a hundred leagues from Arthur's personality.
Everyone who knows my son says so.
It is not possible.
And there is not the slightest doubt.
For you that evening, Lelandais had the attitude of a hunter ...
DN
We are, in fact, convinced that there was a form of premeditation.
Tell us about Arthur ...
CN He
was a boy full of joie de vivre, loving with his family, his friends, who liked to party but who in the morning was at work.
He was just starting his adult life.
It's terrible to bury your child.
We miss Arthur.
We won't see him again.
We took life imprisonment.
And the only person responsible is "the other".
DN
Arthur was the notion of sharing.
Arthur, it was a compass for his friends.
He brought people together around him.
It is a human being who has been slaughtered.
From whom we took their life.
From whom we have torn away his desire to give to others, even after death.
He told us that if he died he wanted to donate his organs.
We even snatched that away from him.
Has this drama shattered your life?
DN
Yes, the word is weak.
It shattered our life, that of our second son Quentin.
He broke the lives of all of Arthur's buddies.
We have tried to remain dignified for the last few years.
But we took life.
If the “other” could at least take this life as well, that might not be bad.
CN
The news of Arthur's death was terrible.
But we did not want to stop living even if it is not easy every day.
We are not responsible for what happened.
Arthur wouldn't want us to be withdrawn, curled up on ourselves.
And the best gift we can give him is to go on living.
Do you hate Lelandais?
DN
We do not want to let ourselves be invaded by hatred, because it would eat away at us.
We've already taken life.
We're just trying to move forward.
During this trial, will you have a thought for Maëlys, the other victim of Lelandais?
CN
Of course, we know what his parents endured.
They are like us.
The two cases are linked by the same assassin.
Maëlys will therefore not be far away during this trial.
If Arthur heard you, what would you like to tell him?
DN and CN
Quite simply, we love it.
With Arthur, during his lifetime, we always had the strength to say "I love you".
Because it is well known, we never say it enough.
Regarding Arthur, we can't have this regret.
