The prosecution notably requires 10 years in prison for 11 of the accused.
While the requisitions continue at the Mazan rape trial, Monday November 25, the lawyers of the 50 accused (apart from Dominique Pélicot), deplore the sentences “out of proportion and “staggering”. According to them, the prosecution demands ” in the name of public opinion” and not “in the name of society”.
The prosecution requires 20 years in prison (the maximum sentence) for Gisèle Pélicot’s ex-husband, and 17 years for Jean-Pierre M. his “disciple” who reproduced the same process on his wife. The indictment should last three days and continued with the lighter files. The requested sentences of 14 other defendants were detailed for three hours by Jean-François Mayet and Laure Chabaud, the two attorneys general. They require 11 years in prison for two men, 10 years for 11 of them, and a sentence of 4 years.
“I fear what happens next (…) because requiring 10 years for people who, for the most part, have never been convicted, are all perfectly integrated people, we judge by public opinion. And We in defense cannot accept that,” said Louis-Alain Lemaire, lawyer for four of the 51 accused on trial.
“The sword of public opinion in the back”
“For most people, (…) we require 10 years of imprisonment, it is absolutely staggering,” added Me Lemaire, referring to this sentence requested against one of his clients, Jacques C., 73 years old, judged in particular for having performed cunnilingus on Gisèle Pelicot, while she was asleep, drugged with anxiolytics by her husband.
“The prosecution had the sword of public opinion in its back,” said Mr. Patrick Gontard, lawyer for Jean-Pierre M., and “when I see the penalties required, I say to myself that we are really out of proportion” , he lamented. “Out of standard trial, out of proportion requisitions. I hope that the verdict will not be out of standard, because at that time, I will seek justice,” he warned, suggesting that he could do call.