The appeal trial for the murder of jogger Patricia Bouchon opens in Albi on Monday.

The alleged murderer, Laurent Dejean, had been sentenced to twenty years in prison at first instance.

Recalling the lack of evidence, his lawyer believes that "the law has been violated".

The victim's family hopes to finally get answers.

The appeal trial for the murder of Patricia Bouchon opens Monday in Albi.

This jogger who used to play sports in the early morning disappeared on February 14, 2011, in the small town of Bouloc, near Toulouse.

His body was found a few days later hidden in a stream.

Laurent Dejean, his alleged murderer, had been sentenced to twenty years in prison at first instance, against the opinion of the general prosecutor's office, who requested acquittal.

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"We expect something from him"

For Sandra Damiano there is no doubt: Laurent Dejean is the one who kidnapped his sister while she was jogging at 4 a.m., but she hopes that this appeal trial will allow her to explain the unfolding of tonight.

"Something is expected of him," she said over the microphone of Europe 1. "Perhaps an emotion will come, compassion perhaps, it would be good ... He told us exactly what We have lots of questions, and the answers never come, "she continues, referring to a confession that could" relieve him, but also to relieve the families. "

"The law has been broken"

Rare fact: at first instance, the Advocate General had requested an acquittal, considering that there was not enough evidence to convict Laurent Dejean. The jurors had nevertheless pronounced a sentence of twenty years. For his lawyer, Me Karim Chebbani, this appeal trial should correct what he considers to be a miscarriage of justice. "There is no proof, no determining things, nobody can seriously stand up here and say 'I'm sure this gentleman did a murder, that's not true, so take it from there, you have to apply the law, ”he said. "It is a very simple position but it is imperative, and unfortunately, I must say that at first instance, we can only make this observation: the law has been violated."

These two weeks before the Albi Court of Appeal should make it possible to better understand the ambiguous statements in police custody of this man visibly very disturbed by this affair, and on his car that witnesses say they saw at the place of the kidnapping: the main clues that led to his conviction.