This is the fifth day of Nordahl Lelandais’ trial. The 38-year-old former soldier has been on trial since Monday for the murder preceded by the kidnapping and kidnapping of Maëlys, 8, in August 2017. He admitted to having killed “involuntarily” the little girl with very violent blows. The day of Friday February 4 is notably devoted to an interrogation about the first sexual assault of which Lelandais is accused, committed in July 2017 on a little cousin aged 4 at the time. Follow our live.
The morning devoted to the hearing of a young woman he had tried to kiss in 2012. She was 14 at the time. The facts took place during a training session of his dog. The young woman explained to the bar that she was taller than her age and that this episode had not traumatized her.
Thursday was entirely devoted to the hearing of investigators. Heard all morning and a good part of the afternoon, videos and various supporting documents, the director of investigation explained that Nordahl Lelandais had “quickly [été] identified” as a suspect by investigators. According to him, the gendarmes had for a time hoped to be able to find the little girl alive and “did not count their hours” to achieve this.
Nordahl Lelandais claimed that Maëlys got into his car voluntarily. Confronted with CCTV images showing the girl in her vehicle, the accused repeated that she had gotten there of her own free will. According to him, she asked him if he was going to see his dogs and “came up front”.
The accused says he killed “involuntarily” Maëlys. On the first day of his trial, Monday, Nordahl Lelandais was invited by President Valérie Blain react to the new charges against him. “I would like to apologize to them. [à la famille]tell them that I did kill Maëlys, that I didn’t want to kill him”, athe declared. A version identical to that delivered during the instruction.