They are, involuntarily, at the heart of the case of little Maëlys: the couple who celebrated their wedding the evening of the disappearance of the little girl were called to the bar on February 8 after already more than a week of trial. These, a soldier for him and a manager for her, immediately shouted their anger at having “bring the wolf back into the fold“, this evening of August 26, 2017.
However, both repeated that they were not aware at the time of the “darkness” of the accused. A little flashback: a few weeks before his wedding, the groom was contacted by Nordahl Lelandais, an old friend whom he had lost sight of but had known for more than 20 years. He ended up by “invite him to the wine reception, as [il] would have done it for any lost friend“.
At that moment, he had absolutely no idea what was going to happen, he even explained that he did not feel “no fear“. But when the evening progresses and the guests alert him to the disappearance of Maëlys, daughter of one of his cousins Jennifer, he explains that he began to doubt, seeing Nordahl Lelandais leave with his dogs without helping to research.
His wife, meanwhile, did not believe it right away. When everyone is looking for the little girl in every corner, the bride meets the accused on entering the room. She asks him, of course, if he has seen Maëlys. “I remember his words very well, he said to me: ‘But what kid is it?’ with a natural tone that aroused no suspicion in me” she remembers. Her husband, taken aback by the cleaning of the car the next day, will eventually convince her to speak to the investigator.
“That summer, we just wanted to share our happiness with our family.“, concludes the young woman who has no doubt that the accused is “dangerous and should not return to society“. The two spouses said to each other “upset” and “angry” To have done “bring the wolf into the fold“. Nordahl Lelandais, also indicted for the sexual assault of two little cousins, recognized for the first time pedophile inclinations.
However, he continues to deny having raped little Maëlys, whom he says he killed by accident. Sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Corporal Arthur Noyer, he should see his judgment pronounced this time around February 18.