For Hakim Karki, 52, it is the last resort. After the Val-de-Marne Assize Court handed down a sentence of 10 years of criminal imprisonment against him on appeal for the rape of a teacher, the former investigating judge of the small court of Mamoudzou on the island of Mayotte announces through its lawyer, Me Franck Berton, its intention to appeal to the Court of Cassation.
Which will mark the epilogue of a ten-year long procedure. “It’s a long time, for facts which, in reality, were characterized and objectified from the start of the case. We find traces of blows, she tried to defend herself, there are traces of scratches on the body of the accused,” notes Me Laurence Tartour, the lawyer for Sabine
(first name changed)
, the victim.
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