Europe 1 with AFP 5:19 p.m., April 8, 2022
On Friday, the Pontoise public prosecutor's office in Val-d'Oise announced on Friday that it had "appealed" the decision rendered Thursday by the juvenile court for the murder of Alisha, where two teenagers were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. .
“It does not appear sufficiently characterized elements” proving the will “of preparatory acts”, had estimated the president of the court.
The Pontoise public prosecutor's office in Val-d'Oise announced on Friday that it had "appealed" against the decision rendered Thursday by the juvenile court for the murder of Alisha, where two teenagers were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
The 16-year-old boy and girl initially appeared for the murder of the schoolgirl, beaten and drowned in the Seine in March 2021 in Argenteuil, but after four days of trial behind closed doors, the court decided to reclassify the facts as "murder of a 15-year-old minor", without retaining the premeditated nature of the facts.
A conviction received with the anger of the civil parties
“There does not appear to be sufficiently characterized evidence” proving the desire for “preparatory acts” for the death of the young girl, even if the adolescents were “fully aware” of her distress, had estimated the president of the court .
Their appeal trial will be held before the minors' chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal in the Yvelines.
The sentence Thursday evening was greeted with incomprehension and anger by the civil parties and their many supporters.
"It's not normal, I was expecting something from the law. They will be out in ten years. My daughter was killed," shouted the victim's mother in the halls of the Pontoise courthouse.
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Asked by AFP, the lawyer for the teenager Me Frank Berton, who underlined Thursday "a decision filled with wisdom and also with measure", did not wish to comment on the appeal of the prosecution.
Alisha's family attorney was not immediately available.
The schoolgirl succumbed on March 8, 2021 after an ambush by two classmates in Argenteuil, north-west of Paris, according to information reported by prosecutor Eric Corbaux at the material time.
At the foot of the pillars of the viaduct of the A15 motorway which spans the Seine, the young girl had found a girl from her class.
A few minutes later, a boy had approached the victim to strike him multiple blows, some of which in the face, then she had been thrown into the Seine, had detailed the magistrate.
The autopsy concluded death by drowning.
The three college students, educated at the Cognacq-Jay vocational high school, a private establishment in Argenteuil, initially had good relations.
These deteriorated against a background of teenage love affairs and "trivialities" marked by harassment, had pointed out Eric Corbaux, public prosecutor of Pontoise at the time of the tragedy.