For several months, Maëlys’ family has been fighting to establish the truth about the girl’s death. Since January 31, 2021, Nordahl Lelandais compares to the Assises de l’Isère to answer for his actions. On Thursday, February 3, the former soldier spoke of the last moments of Maëlys. After confessing to being the author of his disappearance, the latter confided terrible details about it. “Is it Maëlys that we see on the passenger seat?”, asked Valérie Blain, the President. What the main interested party replied: “I have more exact memories of what we said to each other, we didn’t talk much, we talked about the dogs, the car, which she liked”. After their exchange, Nordahl Lelandais would then have struck her with blows… But the little girl is not the only victim of the accused.
In 2018 during another hearing, the young man confirmed having sexually abused two of his little cousins. The mother of one of them also faced Nordahl Lelandais this Friday, February 4, 2022. At the helm, she made terrible confessions about the assault on her daughter. Noémie Schultz, senior reporter for the CNEWS police-justice service, was present at the trial. Via her Twitter account, she transcribed her testimony. “She’s a little girl full of life, smiling. We told her the facts three weeks ago (voice breaks). She used to be too small. She cried a lot, she doesn’t understand either. She asks why he did this to her because she still loves him.” indicated the mother of the family before revealing that Nordahl Lelandais was also the godfather of her daughter.
“She wanted to see him one last time. I told him that it was not possible, that we had to learn to forget him. We decided to choose a new godfather. She remained on this joy of having a new godfather. She asks questions but it’s ok”, she added still shocked by the guilt of Nordahl Lelandais. “I said to myself, it’s not him. When I knew that, I saw my daughter’s face… I said to myself, ‘he must have seen his goddaughter’s face, he couldn’t have done that. ” Until the final outcome of the trial, Nordahl Lelandais remains presumed innocent despite his confession. To be continued…
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Last day of the first week of Nordahl’s trial #Lelandais. Today it will be a question of the sexual assaults committed on his little cousins of 4 and 6 years old #Maelys@CNEWSpic.twitter.com/40e4ubBQPT
— Noémie Schulz (@noemieschulz) February 4, 2022