Overview
- Proceedings opened Wednesday at the Val-de-Marne cour d’assises, four years after the 18-year-old’s body was found in Pontault-Combault.
- Investigators say the meeting followed a Wannonce ad and a dispute over a 100-euro payment in a parking garage that ended with the victim being struck and strangled.
- The accused acknowledges killing Anaïs but denies any intent to kill, with his lawyer saying he accepts responsibility for the act.
- A court-ordered psychiatric report found no major disorder but noted an emotional handicap and a criminological dangerousness.
- An ex-girlfriend testified to controlling and violent behavior in their relationship, the victim’s family voiced profound loss through their lawyer, and the verdict is expected Friday.