Overview

• The parents, now aged 73 and 71, face charges of torture and acts of barbarity having caused the death of their child and remain free under judicial supervision pending trial in Loir-et-Cher.
• In January, the Loir-et-Cher assize court said it lacked the resources to hear the case for months, and in April the Cour de cassation dismissed a request to relocate the trial.
• The Ministry of Justice says it is working with the Cour d’appel d’Orléans under a 'procès sensible' label to help organise venue, security and logistical arrangements, though no date has been set.
• The child-protection group Mouv’Enfants has gathered nearly 12,000 petition signatures to President Macron and will hold a memorial march in Suèvres on September 6 to demand an expedited hearing.
• Nine parties civiles have joined the case, highlighting procedural complexities that have compounded delays since DNA advances in 2018 identified the victim and led to her parents’ arrest.