By his relatives, Damien Beyssel is described as a boy reserved and kind. His father is absent most of the time, he only sees him three weeks a year, and his mother is violent. Like his brother and older sister, he is followed by an educator. As a child he was raped and abused by his stepfather, his mother’s companion. In his box Damien, pale complexion, youthful face always remains impassive. Dressed in a navy blue sweatshirt, the young man with brown hair, about 1m70, says he is convinced that his mother gave birth to him to “have allowances”.
As a teenager he skips class and started smoking cigarettes at age 6, then cannabis; up to 15 seals per day. He spends most of his time locked in his room watching manga and pornographic videos. He has very few boyfriends and has never had a girlfriend.
“Fortunately they arrested me”
He is described by psychiatric experts as having difficulty relating to others. With a personality on the line, but without intellectual deficit or psychiatric disorders. However, on his own, in police custody, Damien Beyssel admitted that sometimes he had trouble controlling himself: “Fortunately they arrested me. To stop doing what I did, or worse. “
During the hearing, thehe young man sees his mother for the first time in three years. She has never come to see him since the facts, even if she claims to have taken the steps to do so, without success according to her. The President then asks her if she has anything to say to her son, whom she has not seen for so many years. Aged fifty, Damien’s mother then turns to him, “Are you okay?” she asks. Damien nods and mutters something like “I’m fine”. “It’s you ?” asks the mother, referring to Priscillia’s murder. “Yes,” breathes Damien. Véronique immediately replies “No, it’s not you, I have proof of it.” She asks if she can provide “something”, which the President refuses.
At that time, on the bench of the civil parties, it is amazement. Priscilla’s mother open his mouth wide, she is shaking, shocked.
The trial will resume on Wednesday, the hearing is suspended on this November 1 holiday. The next day of the trial will be devoted to the facts. Priscillia’s mother expects an exemplary sentence from justice “I would not want to do justice myself, I expect a very severe sentence.”