More than twenty years after his life sentence for four murders, Dany Leprince continues to claim his innocence.
The Court of Revision on Thursday accepted the new investigations demanded by the 64-year-old man, who asks for the revision of his life sentence for the murders of his brother, his sister-in-law and two nieces in 1994 in the Sarthe, announced Friday his lawyer.
The investigating committee of the Court orders "the realization of technical investigations (genetic and biological expertise of food bowls), in particular with regard to the evolution of knowledge and techniques of genetic research and comparisons".
This additional information comes in response to the request filed on March 1 by Dany Leprince for a second trial and an acquittal.
"An important twist"
A previous request by the convicted person had already led to the resumption of the investigations in 2006, but at their end the Court of Revision had refused in 2011 the holding of a new trial.
"This decision is an important twist in the fight that leads Dany Leprince to have his innocence recognized", welcomed Me Olivier Morice, his lawyer with Me Missiva Chermak-Felonneau.
"It already testifies to the interest given by the investigation committee, in particular to the testimonies produced in its request", he added.
The new request was accompanied, among other things, by “certificates from persons likely to testify to new facts or elements unknown to the trial court”.
As a reminder, Danny Leprince was sentenced in 1997 to life imprisonment with 22 years of security.
He "is more than ever determined to make the truth triumph," assured Me Morice.
At the end of these new investigations, the revision committee will have two options: either it will consider that there is sufficient exculpatory evidence and will refer the case to the Court of Revision, which alone has the power to revise a trial, or it will reject the request.
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On September 4, 1994, Christian Leprince, 34, his wife and two of their daughters, aged 7 and 10, were found dead in their house in Thorigné-sur-Dué (Sarthe), beaten with a chopper.
Only the youngest of the couple, Solène, aged 2, had survived the massacre.
Butcher in a slaughterhouse and breeder, Dany Leprince, then 37 years old, confessed at the end of his custody to the murder of his brother, after being denounced by his wife and eldest daughter.
Indicted for "intentional homicides with aggravating circumstances" and imprisoned, he quickly reversed his confession and has continued to proclaim his innocence since.
