Overview

• Nordahl Lelandais, already serving a life sentence, declined to appear at the Colmar tribunal, leading the judge to push the domestic‑violence case to 19 September.
• He is charged with assaulting his partner during a 9 June prison visitation in Ensisheim in front of their infant, an incident recorded by surveillance cameras before guards intervened.
• The defendant denies the allegations, the child’s mother has not filed a complaint or joined as a civil party, and a contact ban remains in place since July.
• The prosecutor called his dangerousness “paroxystique,” the child is represented by Association Themis, and the child’s lawyers requested a closed hearing to protect identities.
• Lelandais faces up to ten years’ imprisonment due to legal recidivism and could lose parental authority if convicted, with the court warning a warrant may be issued if he refuses to attend again.