At the end of his parole at the end of the week, Michelle Martin, the ex-wife and accomplice of the Belgian killer and pedophile Marc Dutroux, will be completely free, announced a source close to the file, this Wednesday.

The 10 -year test period of this measure ends on August 28 at midnight, according to the same source, stressing that it had complied with all the conditions.

Complicity of sequesters of six girls

Michelle Martin (62) served 16 of the 30 years in prison to which she had been sentenced before obtaining conditional release in August 2012, a measure which had caused an outcry at the time, the Belgian public opinion remaining traumatized by this criminal case, the worst in the history of the kingdom.

Sentenced in 2004, Michelle Martin was convicted of having actively participated in the kidnappings by her ex-husband of six young girls in 1995 and 1996, four of whom died.

She divorced in 2003 from Marc Dutroux, sentenced to life imprisonment.

The latter, aged 65, continues to serve his sentence in prison and has seen his requests for parole rejected so far.

No legal monitoring

"It's still difficult ... especially one day like today.

So many years ago, on August 23, An was ripped from our lives.

Everything becomes even more difficult when we receive a letter from the court which says that the conditions linked to Martin's parole are abandoned, ”responded Tuesday Paul Marchal, father of one of the victims, on his Facebook page.

After being released on parole, Michelle Martin moved into the property of a former judge, after being welcomed into a convent.

She will no longer be subject to judicial follow-up and will be able to travel without authorization.

Another accomplice of Marc Dutroux, Michel Lelièvre, had been beaten up and his apartment ransacked, according to his lawyer, shortly after his release from prison in December 2019 after more than 20 years of imprisonment.

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