Overview
- A Val-de-Marne assize court in Créteil convicted Dietrich after a nine-hour jury deliberation on November 7.
- Jurors found him guilty of fatally shooting his ex-wife, Aurélie, 43, and her companion, Christophe, 42, on July 27, 2020 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
- Prosecutor Stéphanie Gauthier had sought life imprisonment, describing the killings as an "act of private war" tied to a bid to reclaim custody of his daughters.
- Evidence presented included a handgun purchased in the United States using his driver’s license number that was later recovered from the Marne, plus a brief July 2020 trip from Colorado to Île-de-France that he did not disclose to relatives.
- Dietrich maintained his innocence and alleged a setup throughout the trial, and he has ten days to file an appeal.