After examining the request for a review of Omar Raddad’s conviction on Thursday, the Court of Cassation decided to render its decision in three weeks. The man was convicted in 1994 for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal.
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The Court of Cassation will deliver its decision on December 16 on the second request for review of the conviction of Omar Raddad, franceinfo learned from his lawyer. Designated author of the murder in 1991 of the rich heiress Ghislaine Marchal by the message “Omar killed me” (sic), the gardener was sentenced in 1994 to 18 years of criminal imprisonment, before being pardoned in 1996 and then released on parole in 1998. A first request for review was rejected in 2002 in this criminal case.
According to information from franceinfo, the Advocate General of the Court of Cassation considered that the conditions required for a review trial were not met, but he concedes that additional investigations may be useful in deciding whether or not to proceed. in Review. Omar Raddad’s defense is focused on new DNA analyzes found on two doors and a rafter at the crime scene. “None of the four DNA fingerprints match that of Omar Raddad”, said last June on franceinfo the gardener’s lawyer, master Sylvie Noachovitch.