For the second timethe Crown pleaded relaxation in this case, this Monday in the Dax court, deploring a trial in the form of a judicial cross for the family of little Lilian.
In 2014 little Lilian was suffocated death by a piece of knacki sausage while he was on vacation with his family at a campsite in Messanges, in the Landes. Herta is being prosecuted for manslaughter by manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence.
The case had already been studied by the Dax court at the beginning of 2021 but in February 2021 the judges had requested a expertise on industrial sausages in order to have more elements to decide. Postponed for lack of time for the expert, the hearing was finally held this Monday, June 20, 2022 before the Dax Criminal Court.
A disappointing expertise
“The expert had assured us that he would go to the end of his research. The family was confident“, begins Maitre Courtois, the lawyer for Lilian’s parents, before returning to the customer disappointment. And for good reason, the expert could not go to the end of his research. He admits in his conclusions that many of the questions he had to answer will remain without answers errors in the data to be provided.
The purpose of the expert’s report was to demonstrate that the product was by nature dangerous for children less than 4 years old, by its diameter, by its external appearance and by its texture. In which case the Herta company was at fault for a lack of informationpackaging advising only in 2014″cut small for the little ones“. Now, according to the expert “absolutely no element allows to determine the dangerousness of the Knackis.”
On the basis of these conclusions and since there is no no legal obligation to write warnings on the packaging, the public prosecutor considered that the mention made in 2014 by the sachets of Knackis was satisfactory. For the second timethe Crown therefore pleaded relaxation in this case, also believing that a doubt remains about the brand of the product, the family of the little boy not having been able to provide proof of purchase.