The death of Loïc Sécher, victim of a miscarriage of justice

He was 60 years old.

Loïc Sécher, this man acquitted in 2011 after spending seven years in prison following a conviction for rape of a minor, died a few days ago in a house in Finistère, reports

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This former farm worker, originally from the town of Loireauxence in Loire-Atlantique, had been the victim of a legal error.

He had obtained, on June 20, 2011, the seventh revision of the history of France.

His lawyer was then Eric Dupont-Moretti.

“The court and jurors are satisfied that there is no charge against you, it is not an acquittal for the benefit of the doubt.

The court wishes you a reconstruction ”, declared at the time the president of the Assize Court of Paris.

The accuser had recanted

Implicated and imprisoned for the first time in 2000, Loïc Sécher was convicted at first instance and on appeal in 2003 and 2004 for rape and sexual assault on a minor.

The case was based on accusations of a psychologically disturbed teenager, who finally recanted in 2007.

Loïc Sécher, who did not wish to prosecute his accuser, had obtained 797,352 euros in compensation for material and moral damage.

Broken by this episode, victim of violence in prison, he had lived relatively isolated, in Brittany, since his release from prison.

Justice

Loire-Atlantique: Missing, a 13-year-old teenager denounces rapes suffered during a runaway

Wrongly convicted, Loïc Sécher will receive € 797,352 in compensation

• Revision

• Justice

• Nantes

• Miscarriage of justice