Macron Criticizes Justice System After Girl's Murder
Authorities are reviewing why prior rape complaints against the suspect were not acted on, after DNA confirmed the body was Lyhanna’s, prosecutors said.
- Following a six-day search, authorities found the body of 11-year-old Lyhanna in an abandoned silo near Fleurance on Thursday. A 41-year-old man named Jerome B. has been in custody since Monday.
- Jerome B. was previously named in four separate cases involving minors, including allegations of rape, but authorities closed prior investigations due to lack of evidence or dismissed them entirely.
- State prosecutors revealed a mother reported Jerome B. for raping her 10-year-old daughter, Rosa, last August; yet despite medical examinations substantiating the claims, investigators never questioned the suspect in nine months.
- Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin stated officials were "terrified by this malfunction," while Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu cancelled travel to host an emergency cabinet meeting and President Emmanuel Macron called the outcome "unacceptable."
- Prime Minister Lecornu demanded a comprehensive report on judicial failures within 15 days, as activists argue the system fails to protect minors. "The system doesn't work," one advocate said.
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In the wake of the discovery in France of the body of a missing child, the government is ordered to explain on possible dysfunctions of the justice system. The main suspect, Jérôme B., had previously been the subject of complaints of rape of a minor.
The sista gången 11-åringen från Fleurance sågs i livet var när hän lämnade skolan. Nu bessänks hennes kompis pappa för att ha mördat henne.
The judicial software Cassiopée is at the center of the criticisms after Lyhanna's death. Saturation of the files, slowness and questionable priorities reveal the flaws of a tool supposed to guarantee the reactivity of the...
Macron blasts 'unacceptable' lapses over girl's suspected murder
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned "unacceptable" lapses within the judicial system over an 11-year-old girl's likely killing, after it emerged that the main suspect was previously accused of sexually abusing children.
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