The Rouen Court of Appeal (Seine-Maritime) said no this Thursday.
Alexandra Richard, victim of domestic violence and convicted of killing her companion with a gunshot in Montreuil-en-Caux, a village between Rouen and Dieppe, in October 2016, remains in prison.
On October 23 in Evreux (Eure), the 44-year-old mother was sentenced on appeal to ten years in prison for the murder of her violent spouse, the same sentence as at first instance in Rouen.
She had decided to appeal in cassation and made a new request for release - the sixth - to get out of prison before a new trial.
She has always pleaded accident in this case.
The jurors did not believe in self-defense.
Sébastien Gest, with whom she had a child, died at the age of 36.
“She is the mother of three children, including a little girl”
"Despite strong popular pressure (several tens of thousands of signatures on petitions) and feminist collectives over the course of legal appointments", recalls
Paris Normandy
, the forties remains behind bars.
❌ Alexandra Richard's request for release under judicial control has just been rejected!
Justice continues to victimize a woman it should have protected.
Read our article about it 👉 https://t.co/0hwokD6URp
— Dare Feminism!
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“Our client is the perpetrator of serious acts but she is also the victim of domestic violence, let's not forget that.
She is the mother of three children, including a little girl.
Releasing her does not mean that she has not been sentenced.
His rights as a victim are denied, ”argued his counsel, Me Lorraine Questiaux, a few days ago before the magistrates of the investigating chamber, reports the regional daily.
“Alexandra Richard does not represent any threat or any disturbance to society and public order”, supported her other lawyer, Me Quentin Dekimpe.
In vain.
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"I closed the door and said 'ciao' to terror"... A mother "exfiltrated" from the marital home testifies
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Gard: Ten years in prison for the septuagenarian who killed her violent husband
Normandy
Justice
Rouen
Murder
Seine Maritime
Domestic violence
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