Laïla's appeal trial, charged with the murder of a pimp in Paris, began on Tuesday in Saint-Brieuc. She always proclaims her innocence.
"In Vannes I expected to be acquitted. I did not understand that we condemn someone who did nothing ... " Rejected in the Court of Assizes Appeal Côtes-d'Armor for the murder of a pimp in Paris in 2011, Laïla Id Yassine continues to deny his involvement in the death of this man, who died asphyxiated after receiving a candlestick behind his head. The body had been found in a suitcase in the harbor of Lorient.
"I do not accept my conviction"
After the evocation of her childhood in a family of six children in Les Mureaux and her entry into the world of prostitution, Laïla explained to the Court why she appealed her conviction to twelve years' imprisonment. "When I said in prison that I was going to appeal, I was told: accept your sentence. With the release of sentences, you have a few more months to do ... And you risk taking more ... .I have appealed because I do not accept my conviction. My call is not a story of calculation. I am innocent ... " explains the accused, speaking clearly and with ease.
She will find her co-accused who is free
One of her lawyers says she has exemplary behavior in prison. She works, participates in activities and "always respectful of others". His two new lawyers will plead acquittal, as in Vannes.
Before the Defense Pleadings on Monday or next Tuesday, the Court will hear her co-accused sentenced to six years in prison for complicity.
Today free, she will find Friday or Monday her former friend in the box, which, in the first instance, designated her as the active author of the murder. The verdict is expected Tuesday after a seven-day trial.