Standing at the bar, Didier glances worriedly at his son, Sébastien, and collapses, literally shaken by sobs. The son gropes back to his chair, frozen, before collapsing, surrounded by his lawyers, Mérabi Murgulia and Yasmine Ouaou, while Sandrine, Louna’s mother, cries in the arms of her companion. In the absence of confession, remorse, or apology, she has just received the answer that her lawyer Léa Dordilly urged the court to give her.
Who, her father-in-law or her former partner, is responsible for the death of their little Louna, who died at two months from shaken baby syndrome, in 20th century Paris? Since 2017, the investigating judges have not ruled. This Friday evening, at 9 p.m., the Assize Court did so. After five days of trial and more than seven hours of deliberation, the jurors acquitted the grandfather and convicted the father, following the opinion of the attorney general, although handing down a lesser sentence.