The prosecutor's office in Besançon has opened a preliminary investigation for violation of the secrecy of the investigation in the case Alexia Daval, killed by her husband in October 2017. This investigation follows revelations in the press, December 7, at the beginning of the confrontation that day between the husband, Jonathann Daval, and his in-laws, told AFP the public prosecutor in Besançon, Etienne Manteaux, without specifying the information.
"Phenomenal leaks in this file". On December 7, the 34-year-old computer scientist admitted to being the murderer of Alexia Daval, during a confrontation with the victim's mother at the Besançon tribunal de grande instance. "I learned that there was an ongoing investigation for breach of the secrecy of the investigation that would relate to what I said to my client's mother," the day of the confrontation, told the AFP Me Randall Schwerdorffer, lawyer Jonathann Daval. During a break before the end of the confrontation, the lawyer had briefly exchanged with Jonathann's mother, who had come to the court to support her son.
The exchange between the lawyer and his mother had been relayed in the local press. A few hours later, after the confrontation, the public prosecutor announced that Jonathann had confessed. "I'm being told about the violation of the secrecy of the investigation, which is done to protect the investigation, but talking about the emotional state of my client to his mother is not a violation," he said. 'lawyer. "Since the beginning of Jonathann's custody, there has been a phenomenal leak in this case, and at no time did justice trigger a procedure," he said.