On Thursday, justice rejected a second request for a review of Omar Raddad, who was convicted of murdering Ghislaine Marshall twenty-eight years ago and who wanted a new trial, AFP learned from judicial sources and parties. The commission of the appeals court declared the claim inadmissible, the counsel of Mrs. Marshall’s family noted. Omar Raddad’s lawyer, Sylvie Noachovitch, said to himself:scandalous“, stating that he”(will refer to) the European Court of Human Rights“.
“My resolve is unwavering“Noachovich started me again, looking serious. The former Moroccan gardener was sentenced to eighteen years in prison in 1994, later pardoned but not released. He was appointed with the inscription “The lobster killed meTraced through the victim’s blood, Mouguey (Alpes-Maritimes) was found in a room in the basement of his villa. A lack of connection made the case one of France’s most famous and controversial criminal cases.
After first being denied twenty years ago, Omar Raddad filed a new motion to have his trial reviewed on June 24, 2021, thirty years after the body of Ghislaine Marshall, the wealthy widow of a car supplier, was found.
His defense pinned hopes on advances in DNA science following the discovery of several genetic fingerprints at the crime scene that did not match Omar Raddad’s profile. An expert requested by Me Noachovic estimated that one of the unknown male’s DNA could have been stored at the time of the facts, rather than “pollutionlater, specifically by the investigator.
This examination was “new elements“Omar Ruddad’s defense has been presented to the commission of inquiry and appears to raise doubts about the former gardener’s guilt.
Source: Le Figaro
