Contesting the premeditation, Jean-Marc Reiser, the only suspect in the death of the Strasbourg student Sophie Le Tan in September 2018, appealed against his dismissal before the assizes for “murder in recidivism”.
“An appeal has been lodged against the order of impeachment of Jean Marc Reiser,” said Master Francis Metzger, one of his lawyers, confirming information from the DNA. “He categorically disputes the premeditation and he equally categorically denies having wanted to kill the young woman. He says that he had no homicidal intention let alone homicidal intention with premeditation, ”explained the lawyer. Master Metzger specified that the Colmar investigation chamber now had four months to rule on this appeal.
As a reminder, Sophie Le Tan had disappeared on September 7, 2018, her 20th birthday, when she was going to Schiltigheim, north of Strasbourg, to visit an apartment. Author of the real estate ad, Jean-Marc Reiser, now 60 years old, was arrested a few days later, when traces of blood voluntarily erased had been found in his apartment, as well as the DNA of the student on a saw in his cellar. Sophie Le Tan’s incomplete skeleton was found in the forest in October 2019.
“A phase of rage”
The only suspect in this case, Jean Marc Reiser had been indicted for kidnapping, kidnapping and murder, despite his repeated denials. It was not until January, a few weeks after the end of the investigation, that Jean-Marc Reiser stopped denying his responsibility and confessed to the murder, during a final hearing that he himself had requested. before the investigating judge, after his lawyers threatened to let him go. He then said, in the words of one of his lawyers, “to have entered a phase of rage” while the young woman rejected his advances. If he is tried for murder in accordance with requisitions, Jean-Marc Reiser, already convicted in the past for rape, faces life imprisonment.
Almost three years after her disappearance, Sophie Le Tan was buried last Saturday in Alsace, according to the Icared association, which had supported the student’s family.