The murderer of Alexia Daval had once accused his brother-in-law Grégory Gay of having strangled the victim. The prosecution recognized the “immorality” of such denunciations, while requesting his release.
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Jonathann Daval was acquitted of accusations of slanderous denunciation brought by his in-laws, Friday May 24, by the Besançon criminal court. The 40-year-old former computer scientist, who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of his wife Alexia in 2017, had, during the investigation, accused his brother-in-law Grégory Gay of having strangled the victim . He also mentioned “a secret pact to cover up the affair” concluded by his in-laws.
“The denunciations did not have the aspect of spontaneity required by law”, estimated the court, in a judgment followed by videoconference by Jonathann Daval from Ensisheim prison (Haut-Rhin). While recognizing “rare immorality” of Jonathann Daval’s accusations against his in-laws, the prosecution had, in April, requested his release, considering that he was “time to definitively close this Daval file on one side or the other”.
Jonathann Daval faced five years in prison, a sentence which would have in any case been confused with his conviction for murder. His in-laws demanded 60,000 euros in damages, including 30,000 euros for Grégory Gay, 10,000 euros for Alexia’s sister and 10,000 euros for each of the parents, Isabelle and Jean-Pierre Fouillot.
