“Whenever Ouchi sensed one of his victims was in need, he would step up to comfort him.“. On Monday, September 19, Aurore Bourcereau accompanied the golden retriever to the criminal court in Marseille. Rancho would stand by the defendant’s side to support him when he cried. For the first time in France, two dogs were required to participate in the trial.
This hearing was devoted to the testimony of the victims of the collision between a school bus and a TER train on 14 December 2017 in Milas, Pyrenees-Orientales. The teenagers, forced to tell their memories of the tragedy, the president of the court considered it appropriate to ask the animal for psychological mediation to help them overcome this difficult moment. “They are not used to expressing themselves in the stands“, in front of a room with four hundred seats, moreover, a “equally publicized trial“, explains the lawyer of the civil parties, Eric Mutet.
A reassuring and anti-stress presence
At the back of the room…
Source: Le Figaro
