There is only one day of interrogation left. There is only one day of interrogation left. Repeat it to believe it. Say that on Monday afternoon, November 18, after having heard the last four defendants, the screens in the Vaucluse criminal court room will no longer light up in Mazan’s room. On Tuesday, the fifty men prosecuted for rape will meet again for final questions, final readings, then the second phase of this process will begin, arguments from the civil party, accusation, arguments from the defense.
Is that why the last few kilometers seemed so long, so heavy? The most nauseating videos? The most painful denials to hear? Of the three defendants interviewed on Friday, November 15, none admits the violations they are accused of. The three appear detained. Photographs of minors were unearthed from the computer of the first, Christian L., which also led him to be prosecuted for possession of images of child pornography. The second, Nizar H., has eight mentions in his criminal record, including repeated domestic violence, repeated death threats and child abduction. The third, Charly A., went to Mazán six times.
So yes, it was more difficult to hear the rage of Christian L., 56, against those who “I’ve been crawling through the mud for four years.” To show solidarity with her pain for not having news of her two eldest daughters and not having been able to accompany her mother’s last days. To hear it, the senior firefighter of a Vaucluse barracks, volunteer at 16, professional at 18, claims to have fulfilled his oath – “Respect all victims, take into account all anguish” – in all terrains, fires, accidents, catastrophes, mountain rescues. “I’m at about four thousand kills in my career,” said.
“We’ve been gone for years.”
Because there were the images of his visit to Mazan, on the afternoon of January 15, 2020. Christian L., dressed in a service shirt, working for long minutes on the naked and inert body of Gisèle, Pelicot, before raising a thumb satisfied in the direction of his host’s chamber.
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