They even tried to saw off the victim's skull to remove the fatal bullet and cover their tracks.
The Tarn Assize Court has been looking since Monday into the circumstances of the murder of Myriam Feydou-Bonsirven, a 37-year-old marginal, killed in the Tarn in September 2017 and whose charred body was found at the edge of a path in the neighboring department of Aude.
Five defendants - four men and a woman, aged 20 to 34 and linked in drug use - must answer for this sordid case.
Everyone admitted the facts: they kidnapped and kidnapped the victim to ask him to return a car that she allegedly stole.
But the three main defendants plead accidental death.
For them, the gunshot was inadvertently fired as they threatened the 30-something inside a vehicle.
The gray areas of the murderous journey
“We know that Myriam quickly tells them where the vehicle is, which we cannot explain;
this is why they are continuing this murderous journey and what they are doing to the corpse of this unfortunate woman, ”stressed at the opening of the trial Olivier Boonstoppel, the lawyer for the victim's brother.
Two other defendants are on trial for helping clean up the crime scene and making the body disappear for one, and for threatening Myriam Fedou-Bonsirven with a fake gun for the other.
The verdict is expected for Friday.
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Woman's body found charred in the Aude: four marginalized and a horrible scenario
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Investigators have identified the charred woman's body found in the Aude
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