23 years and 20 years of imprisonment required against the “dismemberers of Normandy”

Sentences of 23 years and 20 years of imprisonment were requested Friday morning against two women tried by the Assize Court of Appeal of Seine-Maritime for having killed and dismembered the partner of one of them in 2018. them, near Rouen.

“I ask you to slightly increase the sentences to emphasize the extreme seriousness of the facts and to maintain the hierarchy established during the first trial. I ask you to pronounce a sentence of 23 years in prison against Céline Vasselin and 20 years against Jessica Adam because she was the one who dealt the fatal blow“, declared Advocate General François Coudert.

“Toxic relationship”

In November 2022, Céline Vasselin, 36 years old, beautician, and Jessica Adam, 40 years old, a client who became a “girlfriend», had been respectively sentenced to 22 years and 17 years of criminal imprisonment. The prosecution appealed. They have been appearing again since Monday before a criminal court for having drugged, killed with a knife and then cut up the victim, Sliman Amara, with whom Céline Vasselin had had a son three years earlier.

A third woman, prosecuted for not having prevented the crime, was acquitted. The attorney general requested a five-year suspended prison sentence against him. Céline Vasselin had claimed that her partner inflicted physical and psychological violence on her to explain her decision to kill him. “Without doubt, there was physical and sexual violence. The question of influence arises. I prefer the term toxic relationship“, conceded the Advocate General, considering however that Céline Vasselin “had exit doors“.

The attorney general described two women who “got together to form an infernal duo“. “Their diabolical pact was formed incidentally during a hair removal session while mentioning the electric chopper. Jessica Adam is the co-perpetrator of the crime, there is very strong co-preparation and co-action“, he added. The verdict is expected at the end of the day.