After three days of trial, a 45-year-old doctor in biology was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment by the Vaucluse Assize Court in Avignon on Wednesday.
She was accused of the murder of her two children aged 4 and 6 in October 2019 in Cavaillon (Vaucluse).
The court retained the factor of impairment of discernment put forward by the experts but the latter did not lead to a reduction in sentence, indicates
Le Dauphiné Libéré
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Revenge
On the last day of the trial, the Advocate General first followed the lawyer for the civil party.
He believed that the accused would have acted to take revenge on her ex-husband.
The representative of the civil party considered that the alteration of the judgment was incompatible with premeditation.
The magistrate, for his part, aligned himself with the opinion of the experts.
He requested 20 years in prison for infanticide.
The defense lawyer insisted on the psychological state of his client.
He spoke of his depression and a "collective suicide for love", without succeeding in convincing.
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