What did Nordahl Lelandais have in mind when he killed little Maëlys? Asked about this part of the assassination, which he fully acknowledged, the former soldier was not very clear in court on Tuesday, February 15, according to theAFP. As for a few days, he has indeed spoken of the face of Corporal Arthur Noyer (another of his victims) which would have been superimposed on that of Maëlys.
At that moment, he is in the car with the little girl whom he has just kidnapped under the pretext of going to see his dogs and hits her several times in the face, which will kill her. Responding to a question from the president, he then speaks “from a sudden fear“. “JI want this fear to disappear and cease. […] It’s an inexplicable moment, I freak out, I punch him. (…) The moment I kick, I mean to kill her, yeah“, he admits.
He explains that at that moment he finds himself “in complete misunderstanding“: “I don’t even know if it’s day or night, what time it is, where I am.“An Episode of Visions He Repeats as Being”the truth” for several days but which has not convinced the experts at all. Indeed, the many psychiatrists who worked on his case and who, for some, met Nordahl Lelandais, have been called to the stand since the beginning of the week.
And these are formal: Nordahl Lelandais was indeed responsible for his actions and kidnapped the little girl in full conscience. On the other hand, they explained that the former soldier suffered from a severe personality disorder. According to them, he would be diagnosed as “psychopath“, “psychotic“, “narcissistic pervert“,animated”of a megalomaniacal omnipotence“and suffering from”dissociative disorders“, in the words of doctors trying to explain the murder.
They must now decide the question of recidivism: is Nordahl Lelandais able to start again? Answer on Friday, the last day of the trial, in front of Maëlys’ parents and big sister. As a reminder, he had already been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the murder of Corporal Arthur Noyer and is also on trial for sexual assaults on his cousins.