The verdict of the trial of Amandine’s mother, Sandrine P., and her stepfather, Jean-Michel C., tried to have hungry the girl touches her hunger. The indictments were pronounced in the middle of the morning.
This Friday, January 24, the trial of Sandrine P. and Jean-Michel C., accused of having left Hunger Amandine, 13, whose body was found in 2020 at the family home in a rachitic state (she did not weigh Only 28 kilos pure 1m55), is coming to an end. Shortly before 10 am, the Advocate General requested a life imprisonment with a life of life with 20 years of safety against the mother of Amandine, Sandrine P. and 18 years of imprisonment for the stepfather, Jean-Michel C. The defense pleadings will follow, before the last words of the accused and the deliberation of the jury.
I am “a monstrous mother”
As a reminder, Tuesday evening, the mother of Amandine recognized the “acts of torture and barbarism” on her daughter. Thursday, she also returned to the “slaps” inflicted on her daughter. “Yes, pulling the hair, it happened to me,” she also conceded. On the other hand, she justifies her actions “because she looked like her father”, and she assures him: Amandine “ate what she wanted”. An analysis difficult to hear after the autopsy of the body and the testimonies of the little brother (Ethan) and the big sister (amber) of the victim, indicating in particular that their sister was under-nututia. Ethan even sometimes tried to pass her “under the door” of the storage room in which she was locked up, food.
Still this Thursday, in front of the Montpellier Assize Court, Sandrine P. indicated that she was “a monstrous mother”, but that she liked her daughter. “I never wanted her to die,” she said crying. However, she maintains that she no longer remembers this period during which her daughter suffered her tortures.
She admits that she was herself beaten as a child
Regarding the punishments she gave to her daughter, Sandrine P. “told her to go down”. “In the same room, Amandine and Amber argued,” continues the mother, saying that she “closed her eyes” of her daughter’s health. “She asked you to eat, drink?” Asked the president. “I don’t know anymore,” replies Sandrine P.
She also confirmed the fact that she punished her daughter “of everything”, before giving more details on her childhood, which could be the source of her actions. She describes a childhood of a battered and undernourished little girl. “We were three children, my mother complained of not having enough money. I was beaten. Slaps, slams, humiliations. I was ashamed to talk about it,” she says. The verdict of the trial is expected, at the latest, this Friday, January 24, in the evening.
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10:46 – “I believe in nothing”, the Advocate General dismantles the defense of the mother
“You have penetrated into the unthinkable, into the inexpressible. You have entered the Pissarra system. In the family dictatorship. In an unimaginable world (…) From a very young age, Amandine is victim of blows. With punches. , kicks, broom, uprooting hair.
As a reminder, yesterday, Amandine’s mother admitted to having been “monstrous with her daughter”, but still putting forward a tumultuous childhood, tinged with violence of which she would have been the victim. For the general lawyer, it does not stand up: “I believe in nothing! Because for 4 years, these elements have never been mentioned,” he said.
10:35 – Amandine’s stepfather described as “collabo” by the Advocate General
“There is white torture: isolation to reduce its spatial and temporal perception of an individual. It is used in all dictatorships. And punishment, on its knees on a roller. And worse, the Nudity obliged. ‘General lawyer this Friday morning. “When we installed the cameras and put the lock, when we see these terrifying images of exhausted Amandine, which falls, if we have an ounce of humanity, we react. When we see a teenager who is hungry, we react ! “, He continues.