It is one of the virtues of the hearing to be able to elicit new elements, and in the case of the trial of Dino Scala, there will be consequences.
In view of the statements of the "rapist of the Sambre", tried since June 10 in Douai for 56 sexual assaults, rapes and attempts over thirty years, the two general attorneys announced this Thursday, June 30 morning to relaunch the investigation into fourteen cases.
The representatives of the prosecution, in their indictment before the Assize Court of the North, also claimed the maximum penalty provided by law for aggravated rape: twenty years in prison.
Derisory in view of the number of victims, whose list could therefore still grow.
Because if Dino Scala still denies 16 of the alleged assaults, he admitted 40 during the hearing.
Cases that look like two drops of water to others that had been attached to the file for a time, then mysteriously dismissed.
"A number of facts have been left out, without anyone understanding why"
During the hearing, the investigators had already expressed their frustration with these choices made by the investigating judge and the prosecutor at the time.
Annelise Cau, one of the two general attorneys at this trial, also shared this misunderstanding.
However, elements common to these assaults, brought by the accused during the hearing, further weigh down the presumptions.
"The idea that he was blamed for all the crimes in Nord-Pas-de-Calais makes no sense, it's the opposite that happens, therefore developed Annelise Cau this Thursday.
The file shows that a certain number of facts were left aside, without anyone understanding why.
We count 14 of them and they will be the subject of further investigations.
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This is without counting these women who spontaneously came forward with certain civil parties during the trial, the media coverage of the case bringing back memories.