THE GIRL OF THE BRACELET
TWO YEARS LATER
Yes?
I'm here to see Lise.
- For what? - Just to visit her.
- Who are you? - My name is Diego.
How did you get in?
The gate was open.
I'm sorry, but Lise is busy.
Are you sure? She call me.
You are wrong.
And don't go in like this, this is private property.
Okay.
Tell Lise that I'm here, so she can call me.
- Diego what? - Ask Lise.
Diego of what?
Diego Maradona.
- Don't you bother? - No.
- Who is this Diego? - Who?
Diego who came here, very courteous.
- He's a friend. - But, who is it?
Diego of what?
- I don't know. - Don't you know his name?
Yes, Diego, I told you.
Where is he from?
He did not meet him in his correspondence courses.
A friend introduced me. Met on Facebook.
I don't want to see you again. I don't want him to come in here...
and you cannot leave. Then everything is settled.
Focus. Then do what you want.
In the meantime, I don't want any confusion.
It's clear.
So, without Diego or anyone in general.
It is not a cellar here. According?
I didn't hear. Do we agree?
Yes Dad.
What were you doing? Studied?
I read the interrogation. The lawyer asked me.
- Do you get along with her? - She's rigid, but that's okay.
- Are you sure? - Yes, I like her style.
Right.
- I'll let you study the text. - It is not a play.
- Aren't you going to school? - No, it's Wednesday.
- What are you doing? - Nothing, I'm bored.
- Don't you want to play football? - No, I'm resting.
- Let's go outside. - I'm not in the mood.
In addition, the bracelet bothers me to play.
- Stay in goal. - I don't want to, leave me alone.
If you go to jail, can I have your room?
Yes, if you want, I don't care.
- Seriously? - Yes.
In the meantime, get out of here.
FOR SALE
- How are you feeling? - Well, normal.
- Is that you? - Good.
I am not going to your judgment.
- Did you hear what I said? - Yes.
- Does that bother you? - No, not at all.
I couldn't go.
There are several reasons, my patients...
Okay, mom. There is no need to justify it.
- Did you tell Dad? - Yes.
He didn't like it very much.
But he will. You will not be alone.
Yes I know.
I will not be, but I will send strength.
I know.
There are six jurors.
Try to look at them all when you speak.
Look at the judge, look at the prosecutor
and also to the civil lawyer when questioning her.
Look at them, but don't forget
that will also be observed.
And not for people who love you or wish you the best.
- Good morning doctor. - Good Morning.
I'll go with her. We will enter through the back.
- Right. Do I park here? - If you want.
Be confident, you are ready.
Good morning, Lise. Come with me.
I came back just before 3pm.
Flora had received friends at night,
so it didn't surprise me
see bottles scattered throughout the room.
I wanted to have a glass of water, but everything was dirty.
I told myself it was too late,
that she had to get up and clean everything.
So I went up.
Her bedroom door was open
and when I entered, I saw her immediately.
It was horrible.
I don't remember exactly everything, but...
I have flashes.
There was blood.
The sheets were red. There were also on the walls.
At the head, his body was unrecognizable...
because of the wounds all over the body.
Only your face has been forgiven.
And his eyes were open.
Some notes for the court.
The phone list shows that Mrs Dufour
called the police at 2:52 pm
and then he called his mother at 2:54 pm.
Any questions, doctor?
I have just one question for my client.
Flora was his only daughter,
He raised her alone and had a strong relationship with her.
Did you know if you had enemies?
- No, none. - Thank you.
Prosecutor?
No questions asked, Mr. President.
The defense?
Good morning lady.
I have a question if you will allow me.
When he returned to his home
entered through the front door? And was it open?
Yes, the door was open.
You mean someone could have opened it without a key?
Yes.
Thank you Madam.
Mrs. Dufour, I propose that we end here.
The court thanks you for your testimony.
You can go back to your place.
MS. Bataille.
Can you get up, please?
How old is?
I'm 18.
So, at the time of the events there was...?
16 years old, almost 17.
He lives in Nantes, Av. Monthor, with his parents.
Yes, and also with my brother.
After the events, she was placed under preventive detention.
- Yes. - How long?
Six months.
The investigating judge released her on December 21, 2016
with house arrest and electronic bracelet.
Yes.
What was your relationship with the victim, Flora Dufour?
We are friendly friends, intimate friends.
He heard the testimony of Béatrice Dufour.
Can you tell us the events,
starting the night before?
We had a party at Flora's house
and I slept at her house.
How far is your home from Flora's home?
About five minutes on foot.
Why didn't you sleep at your place after the party?
Because I wanted to sleep at Flora's house.
Did Flora ask you to sleep at her house?
No.
Did you ask to sleep at Flora's house?
No. It was like that, I was tired and I went to sleep.
Was it your will that you decided to sleep at Flora's house?
Yes.
- Where did you sleep? - In her room.
Do you know if other people slept in that place?
For us, we are going alone in the house.
And in the morning?
I got up late and ran to pick up my brother from school.
When I left everything was normal and Flora was still sleeping.
I didn't close the door because I didn't have the keys.
He said he ran to get his brother from school.
Can you tell us the time you left Flora Dufour's house?
I was late, leaving Flora's house
between 11 and 20 and 11 and 30.
And then?
I got on my scooter and went to pick up my brother from school.
The day was beautiful and we went to the park of Dervalières.
We stayed for about an hour.
Then we met our parents at sea.
We have a house in La Bernerie.
In the afternoon, the police came looking for me.
- Do you want to add something? - No, that's all.
MS. Lise Bataille.
So you say that
that saturday, June 7, 2016
Didn't you attack or kill Flora Dufour?
Yes, that was it.
This is the general state of the victim's body
as photographed at the crime scene at 3:17 pm.
The victim's body
had five wounds of different depths
but they were all caused by the same sharp object
and kitchen knife type teeth
All wounds, except for cut A,
they are superficial.
The cut A
presents a spindle-shaped wound with neat edges
located on the right side of the neck.
The dissection revealed a section of the right card
with hemorrhagic infiltration.
The exam showed the presence of blood
in the tongue, trachea and bronchi,
in the esophagus and stomach.
Expert Sir.
Defined the crime between 12 and 13 hours.
Yes.
How reliable is this estimate?
Closer to the time of a more precise crime is the estimate.
At 15:30 the first signs of stiffness in the upper limbs
they were noticeable.
Death can be considered to have occurred three hours earlier,
with a comfortable safety margin.
Therefore, between 12 and 13 hours.
We are generally prudent
but this interval is reliable.
Mr. Expert, the court thanks you.
Thank you.
Are there any questions for the accused about this? Doctor?
No.
Prosecutor?
MS. Bataille, please, get up.
How long does it take on a scooter
of Av. des Fresnes, 20, address of the victim,
to Arthur Rimbaud School?
15 to 20 minutes.
15 minutes, according to timing
carried out by the police at the request of the investigating judge.
It is in Quota D 312.
What time did you leave Flora Dufour's house?
At 11:30.
How do you explain that at 12 you weren't at school?
Maybe I left at 11:40.
Maybe you left at 11:40?
In the same way I could say that it left at 11:50, 12:20,
or at 12:40.
No, it is impossible. I leave around 11:30 am.
It is not very accurate.
Suppose you picked up your brother just before noon.
What did you do next?
Because, I clarify to the jury, who at 13:40 was identified
at the Villeret gas station which is 20 minutes from the school.
We went to the Dervalliéres park.
How long would they have stayed in the park?
About an hour. The day was beautiful and pleasant.
Did you spend an hour in the park?
Quite.
However, in his first statement,
your brother does not mention that he stayed in the park.
How do you explain that?
I can't explain it. I think you mentioned that later.
Yes, it is quite clear.
He mentioned in the second statement, 7 months later,
when you were no longer in pretrial detention.
These insinuations are disagreeable and in bad faith.
It is not for Lise Bataille to give an account of the statements
of his brother who was 8 at the time of the events.
Keep asking, Ms. Prosecutor.
Assuming you were in the park, something you can't prove.
What did you do next?
As I said, we met with our parents at La Bernerie.
Stopping at the Villeret gas station
where it was identified at 1:40 pm, right?
- Yes. - Mr. President,
I would like to see the images from the security cameras.
Of course.
Mrs. Secretary, pass the video, please.
MS. Bataille.
Can you tell us what you saw?
I paid for gas and when we left
Jules wanted a sandwich.
I gave the money and we left.
Right. Mr. President, I would like you to watch another video.
This is camera 1 at 40 minute, please.
Mrs. Secretary.
I ask you, Miss, to look closely at the images.
Ms. Secretary, can you zoom in?
It would help the accused to see the image better.
Do you always adopt this position?
I was tired.
Are you in that position when you are tired?
That time I was like that.
Why was that position at that time?
I stayed in that position because I felt like it.
MS. Bataille.
If I say that in these images you don't seem to feel well.
What would you answer?
I don't agree.
I was exhausted because I had slept little.
But it is not a position in which you usually put yourself.
Ms?
Your silence brings me back to this last question.
He said nothing to the police during his arrest,
nor to the investigating judge during
the first three interrogations.
It was pointed out, of course.
What did this silence mean?
She was petrified, shocked by what she had seen or...
done, maybe?
- Are you finished, Mrs. Prosecutor? - Yes, Mr. President.
MS. Bataille.
You saw, like us, the photos of your friend Flora
when the police arrived at the crime scene.
What do these images cause you?
Tell us how it feels to remember them?
Anything?
Try it.
I don't know.
- Was good? - It was great.
Will you be arrested?
I hope so I won't see you anymore.
Are you going to be arrested or not?
Don't go on, Jules, you know you don't.
- Can I come with you tomorrow? - No, you're underage.
Dad, can I go tomorrow?
- Enough, Jules. - You are a minor.
How was it?
Matter to you?
- Where is Lise? - In her room.
They are not in the room or with Jules.
Good night, sorry about the time. This is Lise's father.
- Good night. - Aren't you at your house?
No. Because?
She went for a walk and hasn't come back yet.
I was wondering if you weren't with Noémie.
No, we didn't see it.
Do you mind if I talk to Noémie?
She didn't answer my cell phone today.
- I'll get it, don't hang up. - Thanks, sorry.
Noémie.
It's Lise's father.
- Hello? - Isn't Lise with you?
No.
- You don't know where you could be? - Honestly, I have no idea.
Isn't there a place you like to go? A pub...
A pub? Where?
A bar or something, I don't know, I'm thinking.
Wear the electronic bracelet. You can find it.
Yes, but I prefer not to reach that.
Give me the number for... Paco.
- Who? - Paco, the boy with curls.
I would be surprised if I went to see you.
But if they are not with you, you must be with him.
- I don't know. - Who would you be with?
- Do you have another friend? - No.
Give me his number.
I was there, but I don't have the number.
- Where does this Paco live? - Rua Verte.
In front of the bus stop. But it's Diego, not Paco.
Right, thanks.
I checked, it's connected. I don't know what you're doing.
You must be out now. Otherwise they would have called.
It must not be far.
If the Control Center calls, what do I say?
- Don't answer. - Of course yes.
Ask for my opinion and give it to you.
Holy shit.
- Sir? - I'm looking for Lise, I'm her father.
There is no Lise here.
- Isn't there a Diego, too? - Yes, but it isn't.
- Where is he? - What you want?
I want my daughter, I know she came here already.
- It's possible. - No, it's for sure.
Don't take me for an idiot.
- Where's Diego's room? - It's not the right question.
Is the question. Where's the room?
Well, come in and look for yourself.
It already did, sir.
Lise?
Lise!
Mom!
Jules!
- Jules! - Come see!
- What? - They turned off the lighthouse.
Screw the lighthouse! Come on, let's go.
- How did you do that? - Come on!
They are not at that guy's house. I'll let the lawyer know.
- We already know where she is. - As?
Noémie found her at Av. Des Fresnes.
- At Av. Des Fresnes? - Yes.
Go get it, I'm at La Bernerie with Jules.
What are you doing at Av. Des Fresnes? It is not good.
See you later.
Don't you know that you are forbidden to go to Flora's house?
Nobody saw me.
Noémie saw you. You are not invisible.
Remember that you are wearing an electronic bracelet.
I know.
What would you say to the Control Center if they called?
Did you call? They didn't care, everything's fine.
What would the judge say if he found out?
I was not outside the area. It was 500 meters from the house.
What was your intention?
We are here to help you.
But if you don't respect the rules, we can't do anything.
Do you understand what is at stake?
Of course yes.
Why didn't you answer the judge when
he asked how he felt
seeing Flora's images?
I would have answered: I am outraged or hurt.
I would have said something that shows that I am not indifferent.
Do you think I'm indifferent?
I didn't say that, but the court is watching
and you don't make it easy.
And I repeat, it is for your benefit.
When the trial is over,
will you stop telling me what i have to do?
Thank you.
Lise was a cheerful girl and nothing quiet.
On the contrary, he was very talkative.
We talked a lot and it was very close to us.
But you are talking in the past.
I speak of the past because Flora's death changed the situation.
It can be said that because of all this it closed itself off.
But when the facts or just before...
everything was as usual, Lise was an ordinary girl.
Very studious with a curious personality.
- Would you say you were comfortable? - Completely.
Any questions from the civil party?
There are no questions.
Prosecutor?
Good morning, Mr. Bataille.
Where were you the week before the crime?
At my house, working.
Where was your daughter that week?
He spent the week at sea studying
and from there he went to Flora's feast.
So, on the day of the crime, I hadn't seen her for a week.
Not since the previous Sunday.
So you can say that your daughter was
an ordinary and happy student in general
but you can't say you were
so serene in the days before the crime
because you haven't seen her.
He said your daughter talked to you a lot, that they understood each other.
Did you know about the conflict that existed between Flora and Lise a month earlier?
Yes.
Can you tell us what it was about?
I know that Flora posted a video that she shouldn't.
They had fought but got along quickly.
Did you know that the conflict originated from a video?
I knew they had fought over the publication of a video.
But I didn't know it was a pornographic video of your daughter.
I didn't know exactly that.
So they didn't talk so much.
Let's talk but there is a distance between father and daughter.
But it is important to say. You just ignored
the most important recent event in your daughter's life.
An important event for understandable reasons.
- It hurt, hurt, outraged. - I knew you were suffering.
But I ignored the intensity of the pain
since he did not know the content of the video.
It is your interpretation.
Now I want to evoke your daughter's arrest.
Can you explain your version of the facts?
We are at the beach, the police came,
wanted to talk to her
and left with them.
Didn't you notice any resistance from your daughter?
It was fast.
Precisely, it means that you did not question what happened.
When you have nothing to hide, you don't have to run.
I could have asked why they came for you.
- Or at least be surprised. - She was surprised.
- So she was surprised? - Yes of course.
How did you express your surprise?
She was surprised, it was noticeable in her expression.
When your daughter left, what was your first reaction?
I asked the police what they wanted.
- He was surprised. - Of course it is.
So he was surprised and asked what was going on.
How do you explain that your daughter did not express surprise?
He said she was surprised.
But she did not express surprise verbally.
It doesn't change anything.
Do you have any other questions, Ms. Prosecutor?
Yes, Mr. President, I have another question for Mr. Bataille.
You’ve been proclaiming for two years now
that your daughter is innocent.
But the end of the investigation results
that your daughter is the only defendant.
Now, if Lise didn’t kill Flora Dufour,
tell us who committed this crime.
I don't know.
Appreciate.
Go!
That's it!
Do it like I'm not here.
It's amazing!
Are you having fun? Everything is filmed.
Any comments?
- Come on, it's good. - No, I'm done!
It's already good.
- You're crazy, you can't stop. - Much to go.
No, I already did.
I already did!
S ou sucked two seconds!
You can't leave it like that! It's not over!
- Let's go! - Okay, I already did.
MS. Rigaud.
Did Lise tell you about her conflict with Flora?
- Yes of course. - What she said?
Which is something you don't do.
After that, everyone spoke ill of Lise.
Like a whore, actually. Forgiveness.
Go on, the court has experience.
That's all.
He was sorry that Flora had hidden it.
Who filmed it hidden?
No, she had seen it, even though she was sucking Nathan.
What I didn't understand is why Flora
posted the video without telling her.
During the investigation he declared
who was with Lise when she discovered the video on the internet.
- Confirm that? - Yes, we're going to her house.
Can you talk about this episode? What was your first reaction?
I wanted to delete the video.
I knew Flora's password, but when I wanted to enter
we saw that Flora had changed it.
She immediately sent a message asking her to take the video.
- A voice message? - Yes.
Flora did not answer even though the phone rang.
- So Flora didn't take the video. - No.
As Lise knew she was going to move very fast, she was furious.
In fact, Lise Bataille sent Flora several insults
and in their midst he said, "I'm going to kill you".
What means did you use for the insults? Was it over the phone again?
No, by Snapchat.
But if I wanted to kill her, I wouldn't have said that.
Sorry, but Bataille didn't just say "I'm going to kill you".
According to the process,
Lise Bataille threatened Flora Dufour,
writing, in Cota D419, I quote: "I'm going to kill you" then repeat,
writing again "I'm going to kill you"
and finally, "you are dead".
As Flora did not answer, Lise became more furious.
It's normal, I would have been very nervous in your place.
But they were just words.
It is like among friends we say "I love you", it doesn't mean anything.
Everyone says "I love you".
How was this conflict resolved? That story forgot,
did it go off by itself or was everything cleared up?
No, it was resolved.
He was there when Lise asked Flora for explanations.
and above all excuses.
Flora apologized.
He said that he did not think that so many people would talk about the video.
And then?
Then he said "I love you" and everything went on as before.
Thank you Miss.
You are the young man to whom Lise practiced a phellation,
scene that was filmed and published by Flora a month before the crime?
Yes it's true.
Can you describe the context and how they were
to get to make this video?
We had done a math test
and Lise said she couldn't get less grade than me.
That if it happened, she would give me a blowjob.
I got 14 and she got 13.5.
Was it Lise, then, who had the idea of ​​the bet?
Yes, but I didn't know that I would take it seriously.
Did you have a reputation for doing these kinds of things habitually?
I knew it was open and I have
friends who did things with her.
Still, I was surprised.
Didn't you have a relationship with Flora yet?
- No. - But they flirted?
With Flora we are about to be together.
I knew I wanted to, and I was starting to get interested.
- How did you know she wanted it? - They told me.
- Who? - Lise told me.
They were close friends and he acted as a spokesman.
So,
Lise said her best friend wanted to date you
and yet Lise practiced a phellation
on his own initiative, as a bet
and in front of the interested party.
- Is that so? - Yes, in a way.
How, in a way?
Well, that was it.
Is there a civil question?
Yes, Mr. President.
Nathan, you were with Flora a lot before she died.
You were, perhaps, the person she spent the most time with.
According to you and what Flora can tell you,
the conflict between Lise and Flora was
something from the past, when from the facts?
No, not at all.
Why do you say that?
Flora apologized, but Lise refused to forgive her.
But if they saw each other, it seemed that it had solved.
They saw each other, but something was different.
He did not feel at ease.
- Something you saw? - Yes.
And besides, he told me. He told me he was afraid.
Did you say Lise scared you?
Yes, he told me
"I'm afraid...
scares me ". Things like that.
When did I tell you?
He told me at least twice. The first was...
after death threats.
So I was taking Lise's threats seriously.
Yes, very seriously.
And later he said again that he was afraid of Lise.
- The night before the party. - The night before the crime?
Yes.
I'm done, Mr. President. Thank you, Nathan.
Do you have any questions, Mrs. Prosecutor?
No questions asked, Mr. President. It's all said.
- The defense? - Yes.
I find it difficult to understand.
He said that Flora was afraid of Lise.
If so, why did you invite her to your party?
I didn't want the relationship to get worse and said it was...
the best or the least bad thing to do.
Why didn't you stay with Flora the night of the crime?
Why did you leave her alone with Lise
when Flora told you that you were afraid of her?
I was not allowed to stay.
My parents asked me to come back and it was...
one in the morning when I left and the party was not over.
I had no choice.
Besides, I didn't know Lise would stay.
Mr. President, can we see the video
that is in the process as Cota D71?
Is a video that was found on Flora Dufour’s cell phone,
was authenticated
and the images were taken by Noémie Rigaud's cell phone
at 11:41 pm on June 6, 2016.
That is, during the Flora Dufour party
and therefore a few hours before she was found dead.
Mrs. Secretary, project the video, please.
What is your question, doctor?
My question is for the court.
Do you feel like seeing two enemies in that video?
You can also see a useful strategy
from Lise Bataille
to give the illusion of an appeased relationship with Flora Dufour.
I go to the jury.
Do you have the impression in this video that Flora is afraid of Lise?
At a party with 30 people Flora would not run.
Are there any more questions for the witness?
No more questions, Mr. President.
I would like, Mr. President, that the accused clarify
a point that came up in Mr. Meurin's interrogation.
MS. Bataille, get up, please.
MS. What did you feel when Flora started dating Nathan Meurin?
Anything. Well, I was happy for her.
Didn't having Flora's boyfriend affect your desire for him?
No.
At the time I went out with other boys.
I wasn't interested in Nathan.
- Didn't you have feelings for him? - No.
I had no feelings for the boy
to whom did he practice a phellation?
No, none.
Would it be what is called an easy girl?
As?
In that case, why not ask
Nathan if he is an easy boy?
We did it because we feel like it. Just it.
If I knew that Flora was bothered, we wouldn't have done it.
But at the time, I couldn't guess.
Thank you.
I scared you, didn't I?
Moron!
Did you know you had a lot of boyfriends?
- I know you did. - But many.
School adventures, common. We all started at school.
No, here's another thing.
Looks like he sucked guys he barely knows.
And he said it quietly.
I knew that?
It's beyond me.
The entire session seemed to speak of someone else.
And I was there, but actually... I wasn't.
You were right, you shouldn't have gone.
No, you did well to go.
- You think? - Of course.
What is planned for tomorrow?
I don't know anymore.
Shut up, otherwise you won't have my room.
I will go with you.
We examined the victim's body and also the sheets,
the comforter and pillowcases.
We also find fingerprints, salivary and hair
and they all coincided.
In his report he informs about the victim's nails.
- Can you zoom in? - Yes.
Smear samples were taken
with nail tip swabs
to try to extract possible cells left by contact.
The conclusions are also the same.
You mean they found traces on the nails too?
Yes. And the DNA is by Lise Bataille.
You mean defending yourself
Did Flora Dufour scratch Lise Bataille?
It is an interpretation.
My task is to inventory the fingerprints,
identify the genetic profile,
In this case, they are Lise Bataille.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
Flora Dufour was beaten, stabbed seven times
and expertise identifies the genetic fingerprint of a single person.
This genetic profile, the expert asserts, is that of Lise Bataille.
The defense.
The public ministry likes to appeal
the ability to interpret
from the jury, for not saying your imagination.
MS. Bataille.
Confirms what you've always said,
that is, he slept at Flora Dufour's house
on the night of June 6?
Yes.
Can you describe that night?
- In detail? - Yes, tell me how it went.
I went to bed just before Flora and fell asleep immediately.
Then she came to bed and it woke me up.
So they slept in the same bed.
Yes, in Flora's bed.
How were they dressed?
I only wore panties because I hadn't brought any clothes.
And Flora?
He wore a large T-shirt.
Later, she took it off because it was hot.
Why did they feel so hot?
The bed was narrow, we are together
each other and it gave us warmth.
Did you hug each other?
Yes.
- Did you kiss? - A little.
She had been drinking so it smelled like alcohol. Liked it.
- Did you squeeze? - Yes.
Although not violent, was it at least intense?
Yes, especially when I was down there.
- Below? - When I licked it.
- She held my head. - Did she scratch you?
A little.
Effectively, the expertise they performed the next day
shows no bruise, just a superficial scratch
close to your ear. It is at Quota B111.
He scratched her because he came to orgasm.
Yes, I was enjoying it and I shook my head like that.
And then?
Then we caress and sleep.
Did they sleep against each other?
Yes, at least in the beginning.
- Were you naked? - Yes.
- All night? - Yes, all night.
Expert Sir.
Did you find my client's DNA in the victim's body?
Yes, indeed.
- Including your sex? - Yes, traces of saliva.
Do you agree that the traces found in the victim's body,
in your mouth and in your sex,
are they compatible with the existence of sexual relations?
I confirm.
He also agrees since Flora Dufour and Lise Bataille
slept against each other and there was friction
DNA is inevitable
by Lise Bataille on the victim's body.
Exactly.
Exactly, we have an element
tangible that doesn’t need interpretation,
without wanting to offend the defense,
there was DNA from Lise Bataille and no one else.
I see this more as an element of guilt
for the accused than an exemption from liability.
Furthermore, I would like to interrogate
the defendant on this episode.
Go ahead, Mrs. Prosecutor.
MS. Bataille. He spoke to Flora when
did she go to bed or during the night?
No.
When we’re going against each other,
she told me she loved my smell.
And then?
After we slept, then it was morning
and I left without waking her.
Was it the first time they made love?
We didn't actually make love.
We just gave each other pleasure.
Did you share many nights like that?
Yes many times.
Yesterday we were told that Flora Dufour was afraid of you
Today you claim to have spent a night with her
during which they took pleasure.
Do you understand how difficult it is to believe in you?
How would you rate your relationship with Flora?
Were they lovers?
No, not at all.
Are friendly branches.
Thank you.
Mr. expert, what is your specialization?
My investigations are mainly
about stab wounds.
Your report is very accurate.
Which allows you to state that the cuts
were made by a left-handed person?
The location of the wounds on the body
and the orientation of the blade in its penetration in the tissues
show that the object was held by the left hand
of the murderer.
Can you tell the court the dimensions of the knife blade?
Yes. It is between 6.5 and 7 cm long
and 2.2 to 2.6 cm wide
and the end is pointed.
Mr. President, we can proceed to break the N seal N 39?
- This is a knife game. - Yes. Please, Secretary.
Can you show it to the court?
Very well. Show it to the parties.
The parties found that the N ؛ seal 39 Isn't it broken?
Right.
Mrs. Secretary, you can break the seal No. 39?
Take it to Mrs. Prosecutor, please.
MS. Bataille, do you recognize this knife game?
I know it's from our home in La Bernerie.
- Do you recognize him? - Yes.
And see how I miss a knife.
Yes.
It was checked with the manufacturer.
It turns out that the missing knife is red.
More precisely, which is a sharp knife
whose blade measures 6.7 cm
long and 2.3 cm wide.
Compatible dimensions observed by the expert
when you estimated the size of the object
that fatally wounded the victim.
Now, I ask you:
Where's the red knife?
- I don't know. - You don't know.
Did you use those knives when you were at La Bernerie before the crime?
Yes, it is possible.
Most likely because your fingerprints were found in the closet.
I cooked a few times, so I may have used the knives.
- Was the closet complete? - No, a knife was missing.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
It is curious because in his statement
previous said he never saw
this set of knives.
Now you're saying that a knife was missing?
Yes.
How did you recover your memory?
It must be a family problem. Things come and go.
How did your brother forget to mention
who had been in the park at Dervallières for an hour.
What I'm sure of is that it was an old set of knives.
It is a holiday home with a lot of movement and nothing is in place.
The knife was also not in place for a long time.
The knife was not found, it disappeared.
How do you explain that?
I repeat my question.
After his search, the knife was nowhere to be found.
How do you explain that it disappeared?
I can't explain everything.
Excuse? I didn't understand what you said.
- Someone must have caught it. - Who?
I don't know, someone who needed a knife.
Nobody remembers. It is not very common for someone to go out with a knife.
Or broke.
Did the red knife break? Better and better.
I don't know where the knife is. I've never seen and never used it.
Does it bother you to ask about that knife?
I have nothing more to say.
Is aware that by denying all involvement in the facts
prevents you from explaining that it was what
unleashed his anger and step into the act.
MS. Bataille, confirm that you are left-handed?
Yes, I write with my left hand.
Mrs. Bataille.
His testimony was not on the agenda.
But due to the power that I exercise
I agreed with the lawyer's request
your daughter to testify.
I remind the court
who is the mother of the accused and, as such,
you must not take an oath.
Before the court asks you questions, you have the floor.
All I know is that my daughter did nothing.
Do you have any concrete elements to back up your claim?
Lise was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It haunts her.
We will evoke your daughter's personality, if you accept.
Her husband yesterday gave a description of Lise
highlighting how much this issue affected her.
Could you describe Lise's personality to us?
how do you see it?
From the moment she was accused everything changed for her.
First incarceration
and then she lived isolated from the world, isolated from her friends.
No longer has a social life.
Do you have the impression that you have been marginalized?
It was the situation that marginalized her.
You can go back to school, but by correspondence.
It took her away from the others.
It was painful not to hear her speak and laugh.
Except a few times with your brother.
It has been our only joy in these past two years.
Any questions for Mrs. Bataille?
No questions asked, Mr. President.
Mrs. Prosecutor.
Mrs. Bataille.
He said his daughter's drama was being
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
However, have you never doubted during these two years?
When your daughter was incarcerated,
when everyone looks at her like
guilty and ends up questioning.
Yes, of course, I doubted it.
So in a moment I wanted to go over everything again.
The months before Flora's death,
Lise's behavior
before that night, his return to Bernerie,
your attitude when it arrived.
I thought about it all thousands of times.
The President asked me if he had elements and said that he did not.
Because I found nothing.
No indication, no concrete element,
no credible hypothesis.
I could object that I said that because it is your daughter.
I also oppose you who doubt what I say because you are a prosecutor.
But you are right.
It seeks tangible elements, it is its role.
Thank you.
Mrs. Bataille. I would like to go back
about an element that drew attention
of the court and part of the auditorium.
Your husband is with your daughter
since the start of the trial.
Instead, you sent Lise's lawyer
and asked to be excused.
- I had work. - I understand.
But generally, even if the law does not require it,
the family manages to be present
on judgment day.
I have nothing to add.
I had a job but now it's here.
It means that the justification
was complacency?
Mr. President, Mrs. Bataille
presented a justification within the rule.
Lise loved Flora like a sister.
We watched them grow up together, they were friends since school.
Flora's death was a shock, it was the loss of one of us.
With all due respect to Béatrice's incomparable pain,
the mother of Flora.
When Lise was arrested, she knew something was hiding.
And after so much rethinking everything, he realizes that it is useless.
I worried uselessly.
I saw that it made our lives impossible.
For both my husband and me,
but especially for Lise.
We try to protect our youngest son,
but it was unsustainable.
Our life was stuck in this drama and the nightmare of the process.
What Flora suffered is indescribable, horrible.
But again, that Lise was at the wrong time and place
it shouldn't cost your youth.
So, in my own way,
I did what I could to get on with life.
I started working again, mainly because...
we couldn't pay anymore,
since we are professionals
and he had stopped everything too.
It was selfish of me, it took me away from everything, but also
it was a deep conviction.
We are not guilty of anything. Lise is not guilty of anything.
Life must resume its course, even if it is impossible.
Allow me to criticize you, ma'am.
What you just explained doesn't explain
his absence at the trial.
If I insist on this, and I will be very sincere with you,
it is because its absence can be interpreted as an abandonment.
As a form of confession on your part.
In a way, it can be said that I abandoned it.
I left because we were two.
Because my husband resisted
when it seemed unsustainable to me.
I knew he would always be there for me and lyse.
I certainly trusted him a lot.
Did you abandon your daughter?
I know my daughter is innocent.
So I didn't expect anything from this trial
and at the same time I was afraid.
Sorry if I say that, but it's the truth.
What were you afraid of if you were sure
that your daughter was innocent?
I don't think I had the strength to relive that again.
I realized too late and walked away.
I couldn't do it any other way.
Mrs. Bataille, the court thanks you.
You can sit down.
MS. Bataille, I would like to
add something to what was said?
- Yes. - Get up.
This is my judgment, not my mother's.
What do you mean?
I never felt that my mother abandoned me.
Nor my father, on the other hand
They are different,
each has its own way of acting.
That's all.
I don't feel like going to Bernerie.
What's going on? Bernerie is beautiful.
We have to empty the house.
If we don't do anything, we're going to go crazy.
- What do you want to do? - I want to stay with Diego.
- All weekend? - Yes.
- Can? - Yes.
Seriously?
Of course it is serious.
Thank you.
He is no longer 12 years old.
Thank you friend.
Jules.
Jules!
- What? - What is that knife?
- It's a knife. - Where did you find her?
In the toolbox in the shed.
- What are you doing? Don't they work? - Look at this.
He found it in the shed.
Drop that knife.
Without touching anything, he will tell me where he found the knife.
Where exactly?
Without touching it!
In the box.
At the bottom of the box?
Jules, it's important.
I stirred a little and saw the knife.
At the top or bottom of the box? This is important.
You need to know, you have to be precise.
On the bottom. I opened it and took the knife.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
Don't touch anything, Jules! Do not touch anything.
It is impossible not to have seen it when they inspected it.
- However, it was. - Someone put it there.
- Not necessarily. - Yes for sure.
Did you go through everything and you won't find a knife this big?
Yeah.
Come here to the room.
What's going on?
- Hi Hi.
- Wait outside, please. - Okay.
Jules found her.
Where? Where did you find it?
- In the shed. - Yes.
Well, they're going to stop pissing us off about it.
Is that why you brought me here?
Yes, of course that's why.
- What will we do with that knife? - Let's give it to her.
Shall we present it to the court?
But of course, let them have it!
What are you afraid of?
Say it.
Are you afraid that my impressions are, blood?
No, I'm not afraid.
I wanted to make sure that we could introduce you.
You can deliver. Does it make you calm?
Enough, please.
If you have other questions, now is the time.
I have no other questions.
Excuse.
I'll call the lawyer.
- Can I go with Diego? - No.
Wait until we talk to her.
The police will come, so you're not going anywhere.
I went to the shed to get scissors to cut the tape.
But I didn't find any scissors in the toolbox.
But I remembered that I had hidden a knife.
So my mother asked me questions about that knife.
Are you saying you hid the knife?
Yes, a long time ago, when I was little.
When we play football, we use a rope
that we put between the posts to make the post.
I took that knife to cut the rope every time.
Can you tell us how you hid the knife, exactly?
I put it deep down. There's like an apartment in the box
and slide the knife down.
- Can you show us how? - Yes.
Come closer.
Can the parties get closer too?
The ladies and gentlemen of the jury can also come.
Can you give me a screwdriver?
A screwdriver?
Or a pencil.
Take it.
Thank you.
It was here that the knife was placed.
He said "the knife has been placed". Who put it?
Me.
- Did your sister know? - No.
I remind you that you must tell the truth.
Are you sure she didn't know?
Yes, she never played football with us.
The parties can return to their seats.
Jules, can you stay on the witness stand?
Is there a question for this young witness?
- No questions asked, Mr. President. - Mrs. Prosecutor?
No, Mr. President. This story
knife and tool box
it does not change or prove anything.
Sorry, but the knife skill that was required at your request,
Ms. Prosecutor, established that this knife is not the murder weapon,
which shows that you are wrong to make a piece of evidence.
Thank you, Jules, you can sit.
MS. Bataille, please, get up.
I would like a precision on your part.
How did you feel when your brother found the knife?
Nothing special.
She was not relieved when she found out
that wasn’t the murder weapon?
- Not really. - Why?
Nothing changes for me.
However, that lost knife can be evidence against you.
In addition, the Prosecutor underlined it.
I knew that knife had nothing to do with crime.
Where would the murder knife be according to you?
Certainly not at my house.
What makes you say that?
If I killed someone, I wouldn't let
the knife or the gun in my house.
What would do?
I don't know.
I would play in the sea, or the blonde. To be calm.
Do you think the murder weapon is on Blondie?
I don't know.
If I knew, I wouldn't be here waiting for this to end.
Are there any more questions to ask the accused?
Since everything has been said
I announce the closing of the debates.
The hearing is suspended.
We will start over with the allegations and accusations.
Thank you.
What is society?
It is the art of being with each other.
Since I represent society here,
the attitude of Miss. Bataille calls my attention.
Miss, your coldness worries me
and their silences are deafening.
It is true that Miss. Bataille stands out.
Intelligence is not an element of accusation or exemption.
But it is the use of intelligence that needs to be questioned.
Miss. Bataille excels in the art of concealment.
I knew how to keep silent when I didn't want to expose myself.
I knew how to make your family speak
starting with his brother Jules,
when you needed a word in your help,
despite contradicting previous statements
made to the investigating judge.
Is the accusation too frontal for a woman so young?
I have to remember that the case is tragic.
Flora Dufour was stabbed without contemplation.
Seven stab wounds and no sign of regret on the part of the accused.
Lise Bataille prefers some kind of mutism.
So try to run away from your own demons.
The least that can be said is that Mrs. Bataille
it was much less secretive when it was shown on videos on the Internet.
Lise Bataille had announced her crime.
This distilled the fear in the victim.
She idilized Flora Dufour and literally hugged her
to subdue it better, to kill it better in the end.
Flora Dufour did not die by the action of the Holy Spirit
nor by an evil spirit,
died by the determined and determined hand
by Lise Bataille.
Lise Bataille is guilty of the murder of Flora Dufour.
He premeditated his act.
In view of all these elements I ask Miss. Lise Bataille
the sentence of 15 years in prison.
I wait with confidence for your decision.
I have the last conviction
that Lise Bataille wouldn't be in the dock today
if I hadn’t displayed that sexual freedom,
still so common,
about which the Public Ministry
has insisted so much.
Even if you don't like those who are offended,
you can be 16 and have a sex life.
16 years old and desire to live and laugh
that was stolen from Lise Bataille.
What do we know about teenagers aged 16, 17 or 18?
What do we know about your codes?
The relationship they have with their bodies?
What we know about your desires, your fantasies,
even from your wounds, from your sorrows?
What do we know about your friendships? Of your loves.
Anyway, sexual freedom
it has been an achievement for a long time.
So,
don't fall for an old-fashioned accusation.
The Criminal Court is the most noble and demanding of the jurisdictions
but you don’t have to make moral judgments.
If Lise Bataille is convicted,
will have judged you,
they will not have done justice.
This trial did not present any evidence.
Deduce the consequences with respect to the Penal Code.
Pronouncing absolution
not only will they do an act of law but also an act of character.
Pronouncing absolution will rehabilitate a young woman
unfairly pointed with the finger.
Pronouncing absolution affirm
more than a last conviction.
They will affirm the true principle of justice.
MS. Bataille,
stand up please.
Do you want to add anything after your attorney's claims?
Yes.
Yes?
I would like to say two things that I did not say.
The court will give you permission. You have the floor.
On the first night of the trial
I went in front of Flora's house, on her street.
I know Béatrice saw me.
I shouldn't have gone.
First because I was banned, but also because I hurt her.
I wanted to tell you that if I went...
it's because I miss Flora.
And the second thing I want to tell you...
is that I am aware that I never
I expressed myself after Flora's death.
I never spoke or wrote to her.
I didn't dare.
He knew that when he saw her he would see Flora and he could not bear it.
I beg you to forgive me.
I should have spoken.
I live all the time with regret.
If I could go back, I wouldn't leave her house.
I would have stayed with Flora the morning of the crime.
But you can't go back.
In any case, if you had
to do again, I would see you, I promise.
The debates are over.
The court must answer the questions in the indictment.
The hearing is suspended.
Get up, the court withdraws.
Come please.
The court had to answer two questions.
Lise Bataille is guilty of voluntary murder
Flora Dufour according to Article 221.1 of the Penal Code?
In the case of "Yes":
Did Lise Bataille act with forethought?
Taking into account the context of the facts
and the defendant’s personality,
the court replied "NO"
with a majority of at least four.
As a result, Lise Bataille
she is absolved of the charges against her.