Kevin Rouxel is fit for a new criminal trial. While trying to pass himself off as crazy, the 29-year-old is not, according to a latest report by psychiatric experts communicated last week. In November 2020, Kevin Rouxel was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for “murder” by the Pau Assize Court, for the murder of his two parents in Labastide-Clairence in 2016 in order to get his hands on the inheritance. . His ex-companion Sofiya Bodnarchuk, who has always denied the facts, was sentenced, for her part, to 20 years in prison for “complicity”. The two convicted will be retried by the Court of Appeal in Mont-de-Marsan from Monday, October 3. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Sixth trial with the same defendants
During the first appeal trial, which opened at the Mont-de-Marsan courthouse on January 25, 2022, the main defendant, Kevin Rouxel, to everyone’s surprise, claimed not to be the one we believe , but the twin brother of the real assassin. He had explained his name was Mickael-Alpha and that the real murderer had committed suicide. He had hanged himself in his cell. The president had then postponed the debates. From discomfort to hospitalizations, the previous trials had also been postponed many times. Next October, the couple will therefore appear in court six times.
Is Kevin Rouxel a manipulator?
Today, two psychiatric experts are formal: Kevin Rouxel is a manipulator. He wants to escape a new trial, but he is quite capable of attending. It remains to be seen whether Kevin Rouxel will appear before the Assize Court. In any case, his ex-wife will be there. Sofiya Bodnarchuk has always maintained her innocence. The young man had met this young woman of the same age and originally from Kazakhstan, while surfing on dating sites.