Overview

• Avocat général Pierre-Henri Cassitti asked the Cour d'assises du Loiret to impose réclusion criminelle à perpétuité with a 20-year security period on Sileye Ba, 38, and Dieynaba Kande, 34.
• The pair are tried for aggravated murder and habitual violence over the death of 31-year-old Clothilde Ba, eight months pregnant, in a cramped Montargis apartment in August 2022.
• The prosecutor also sought removal of parental authority, a 15-year socio‑judicial follow‑up, and a long firearm ban, with continued detention requested.
• An autopsy found fatal severe cranial trauma and injuries across the body of varying ages resembling acts of torture, and the nearly full-term baby also died at the hospital.
• In court the defendants blamed each other for the fatal blows, with prosecutors questioning their accounts as jurors prepared for a same‑day verdict.