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we always find our continuation

to reduce medical deserts

doctor that you will never post possible

ladies and gentlemen of the court

the criminal hearing is open please sit down

oh it's my blanket come on

at the table

hello there is your father yes

dad

last week 1

kid his age got killed for 1 bar of

shit

I'm afraid for my master son and

there is talent but he will screw it up

life in the air with his shitty associates

please talk to him

I only have him and you he will listen to you I will try

and for my VAT problem I am the case

no no I will send you my fees

go bye bye

it's crazy that you're still this painting

it's 1 gift

yeah I know it was me who gave it to you

it was for uh our 1st year of marriage yeah

you bought it from your friends there who had

this little gallery you remember

no I no I bought it from ex

no you bought it here no yes

ah it's you no no it's you

Yes

nothing that can't wait until tomorrow

ok

I'll call you back in 5 minutes

the gendarmerie for 1 official commission

obviously I'm the only one responding at this time

you're going to go, well I don't really have a choice

but this evening I would have settled down

Jean, you don't want to do me this favor

ah no no no just for tonight no you will

take custody and I'll pick up the case tomorrow

come on people

haha

because it's you

THANKS

but you're not going home

sleep here it's ridiculous ah no I prefer

I prefer my bed

THANKS

master good evening

we agree it's midnight:30 you have 1 half hour

very good you can work on them sir if you

please of course

I am Maître Monnier, your court-appointed lawyer.

I don't even know why we're seeing each other sir

you don't know why you are here

he accuses me of having killed my wife

but no one will tell you

accuses for now you are in

custody that means there is 1

doubt 1 suspicion

that the gendarmes need more information for the investigation

no more

so why won't he let me go out?

but because the facts are

serious so they can keep you

up to 48 hours the goal is for us to leave it there so you

tell me exactly

what happened last night I already explained to them

yes but it's me who has to explain

I have nothing to do here

I should be with my children

Mr. Miller

if you want me to help you you will have to talk to me a little

last night my wife and I had a fight

for what reason

well she had drunk one drink too many

I just said I was worried about her

that's all

she freaked out she told me I do what I want

and after

then she yelled at me to get out of the house

I said it was my place too

uh she tried to slap me

I dodged but

she still scratched me really well

she was violent with you no

well only when she drinks too much but

as soon as I

talks about his drinking problem it's both

she has a hard head

and you happened to be violent with her

ah no never I never

raised my hand on my

woman is the mother of my children finally

and then we don't have the same size eh

and after she

tried to slap you what did you do

I said I said I won't move from here

and that there I

I was saying words that

well you know what arguments are like

what exactly did you say to him

let her shut her big mouth

but as I was afraid that she would wake up the little ones

there she left I begged to stay but that was nothing

TO DO

I don't like it when there's the vintage on its bench

what bench

when she's so cute

uh she likes it

go to the bench in the village square

uh 2 minutes from us

and there she went

finally I think no

It hurts me to see her get damaged like that

I don't recognize her anymore

and then it's not good for the children

because since she started drinking she doesn't take care of it anymore

but hey it's impossible to reason with her

yeah I understand yes

And

after she left what did you do

uh well I checked that we hadn't woken up the

little ones and as they were sleeping I was at Roger's

at Roger's

my friend Roger's bar, 5 minutes walk from my house

what time was it

around 11 a.m.

you drank there 1 glass of milk no alcohol

I don't drink it, I never liked it

there were other people there

to see his wife but she went to bed

Roland

Rachid and Karim uh we don't talk too much

what time did you get home?

around 1:30 a.m.

approximately

we talked with Roger and then I went home

but

your wife hadn't come home, that didn't worry you

he sometimes falls asleep on his bench

ah well she sleeps outside like that on the bench in winter

it happens

but when the police came to get you she

was still not back

That didn't worry you either

we sometimes she calls her sister Audrey so that she

come and get her

and usually she comes back the next evening

she lives far away from her sister

at Pontet it’s near Avignon

does your

woman got into trouble with the locals

oh no

someone she had an argument with

and who would blame him uh

no I don't see no

finally if you have nothing to do with it there must be

has someone who has 1 reason uh

Mister Mili

think a little please

help me anyway

but I swear I don't know I don't know I swear

I want my children back, my wife and

I'm going crazy here

hello sir

hello Jean sir, are you okay, it’s me

excuse me oh

you didn't sleep no

you read the article

you're going to go back and rest, no

did you read the article yes yes

it's horrible

What did you think of this guy?

he has no record, no background

and neither 1 credible culprit

nor 1 obvious innocent uh

What state was he in?

nervous lost

worried about his children more than himself

he doesn't understand what's happening to him he's in denial he

talks about his wife in the present tense

I'm curious to see the

the file

you want to defend him

Yes

like you are not pleading with

sitting since the portal affair it's okay

to do what it will be 15 years

how do you expect me to defend you if you

don't tell everything

what are you talking about ah don't take me for an idiot I

just saw the instruction file

the words that

Roger held the evening of the crime in front of a witness

this is the 1st

something you should have told me about you understand that

I can't discover elements too

essentials 5 minutes

before entering the examining magistrate

ah Roger what are you doing there

I didn't say anything against you

Roger

Roger

Mr. Milik

the evening before the facts you

went to Mr. Roger Martn's café

how did he react when he saw you coming?

he saw that I was not well please speak in the

microphone please Mr. Milik

he saw that I was not well

he understood that it was

because of Cécile we often argued

so can you tell us about the events that

followed from there

I sat down at the bar and

I told my argument

It’s the last one, we’re going to close soon, eh gentlemen

ok thank you it's 1 sick it's 1 sick

if she doesn't stop drinking

you know what you stick the date in his ass and there

believe me you will be very peaceful

you can't do that to him

ok I'm going to bed

see you later

sometimes I say to myself if there

had it not been for the kids I would have

fucked up

but it’s not okay to talk like that ah

oh we don't get along anymore

normal she only hears you

That's good, it's my home here

it's not a sinecure

you have Cecile you see you are better than that

what is 1 sinecure

finally 1 case

she's always drunk it's not her fault

admit it's not his fault

Whose fault is it then?

and if tomorrow she decides to take away your

kids it's not his fault

how will you protect them from her if you are no longer there?

I don't know anything about it

well you said it you will fuck yourself up

yeah you let yourself be killed slowly there you let yourself be walked on the

wow you're like 1

kid, you look at her like that, you're not a man

you want my photo there

what boric understands me

oh

okay we're closing

Well, I've been waiting for this one for an hour, huh?

Mr. Milik during the

3 years that you spent in pre-trial detention

you have

numerous times referred to as Mr. Roger-Marton

like your friend

can we say that you admired him

he was my only friend

if he was

your only friend I imagine that his opinion must have mattered to you

isn't it

in the sense that you didn't want to disappoint him for example

not disappoint him yes

so when

Roger suggested you get rid of your wife

you didn't tell yourself that he was crossing the line

I didn't take it seriously

when he was drunk he wanted

make everyone's skin

he barked but he didn't bite

and when he told you that you weren't a man

if you couldn't protect your children from

your wife didn't offend you

you didn't have

want to prove him wrong

my client is not 1 child review his report

psychological it is not

influenceable

point of killing

woman to get approval from her master friend

you will have your time to express yourself

eh sue me

Mr. Milik

is it true that 6 months

before the facts you consulted 1 lawyer for 1 procedure of

divorce to inform me yes

and I can ask you the reasons for this approach

if he drank too much I

it was becoming dangerous aurema and Maël

he was very little at the time

so you

had considered getting rid of your wife

legally I mean

no I didn't do anything

in the end I didn't want

keep my my children away from their mother

you have seen this lawyer twice

and then you can love someone and divorce them

no yes we can do anything

you might as well love someone and kill them sir

that will be all thanks

master for La Défense

Mr. Milik uh when you are informed

on the divorce procedure

what did this colleague tell you regarding the

care of your children

he told me that if I took Cécile before a judge

there is a good chance that I will get custody

because of his alcoholism I presume uh

you don't drink

and yet

if you had divorced at that time

and got custody of your children she's your wife

who looked at the house you lived in didn't you

yes the house belonged to Cécile

it is the truth of his father who

before dying

left him some fruit juice, he also

bequeathed the night property

to your sister-in-law

Audrey and Gérard who currently occupy it

in other words

even if you had not been indicted

for the murder

from your wife it is your sister-in-law who would have inherited

from his house and you should have moved with your children, we agree

yes that's it yes

so you knew that murdering your wife

wouldn't have allowed you uh to inherit his house

let's now return to this interview that

that you had with the

the colleague uh concerning the divorce procedure

if you had started it

this procedure what would have happened

past financially

no I

I mean in relation to allocations

family that you touched for uh

raise your children what would have happened

well it's me who would have them

uh like with the guard

and uh these amounts

did they allow you to

find a roof for

educate your children and provide for their needs yes

we can say that a divorce uh

had been easy and in your favor

by the way uh your wife

had she taken out 1 life insurance no

did she have savings 1 bank account

no she had nothing except her half of her house

half who returned

to his sister in the event of death and to your children

in the event of the death of your sister-in-law

so to recapitulate the death of

your wife would have brought you nothing but sorrow

thank you sir unique

thank you master

especially for her children for Élodie for Jade

Rayan

Maël and Emma that he uh receive this

strength and this consolation

Hail Mary full of grace

the Lord is with you, you are blessed

between all women and Jesus

the fruit of your womb is blessed

yes it's for the lawyer's meeting

if you refuse to attend the reenactment

push it will work against you

why don't you want to go there?

What does it change anyway?

think of your children

if I can't see them

we are going to make 1 request for a visit again

spoke to social services

you have children your masters

Yes

uh I have other points to clarify with you Nicolas

like uh this story of mud uh

on your shoes and pants

expertise

comparative says that we found the same on the clothes of

Roger and Cécile

how I can explain this, I don't know

I won't go to the reenactment because I didn't do anything

what day is today it is saturday

when it was good like that

we were going to the zones pond with Ryan

it was Roger who lent his equipment

I was about to give him his first cane.

fishing with 1 nice reel

sweat there he was still a little young

yeah if you help me within 2 years you

maybe you'll be outside

that's why

uh I am uh distant master the lawyer of

your brother-in-law

he asked me to

come and get some things of his own he will have nothing

Madame Girard if you have anything to tell me I will

will listen willingly it's not

because I am his lawyer he tells me everything

Malo, get out of here

cleared

did you see how pretty she looked there

she hasn't always been

this poor lock that she has become

she was flirtatious you

know when she worked at town hall

she loved to laugh and dance

before she met this bad guy

because

you defend it

but he's a bad guy

I'm not saying he didn't make 1 a little happy

time but

all his children he gave him

he ate his life

when our father died it was 1

big shock for both of us of course but she

had the impression that she

had no one left to protect her

and then little by little she started to drink

more and more

I was ashamed

and bad to get it back on this bench in this state

you know she doesn't trust me with anything about her life

but I told him uh

stay at my place

she loved her children

even if she took care of it badly

give him pictures of his

wife and her children that it hurts her

how it hurts me

Romeo fights with you

you don't really like what I present to you, don't you, I don't care about you

but if you do to leave I hope the memory of my sister will keep you from sleeping

well the victim would have died around two o'clock in the afternoon

morning in the night of Wednesday 19 to

Thursday 02/20 two thousand and seventeen

more or less 30 minutes the photos you

see were taken approximately 7 hours

after the crime to present such

traces of alcohol in the blood yes

then we can say after examination and

according to the dating that she had

4.1g of alcohol per liter of blood at

the time of the crime then only 1

wound is noted on the victim's neck

the cut was caused by 1 sharp object

with a serrated blade type survival

knife the dissection revealed a

section of the right carotid artery

the blade having on board pierced the victim's neck in his

right posterior phase in a

she continued her way towards the

left posterior phase severing the carotid

left in B

depending on the examination of the wound we can

add that the single and fatal blow

was carried with force

and from the back

uh madam president 1 1 question please

Go for it

I hope you

say that the blow went from the right to the

left and behind

could you physically reproduce the gestures of the assassin

Mr. expert will abstain, he is not a mime

Madam President, if I may

I will do it myself I have always fed

for the mime Marceau 1 deep admiration

go ahead thank you

Mr. expert can you

please uh describe as I proceed

go ahead uh well then uh

the murderer placed himself behind the victim

probably held him down with one hand

with one hand like this like this

yes and uh stuck the knife blade in his

throat with his other hand like this

Thank you

if the blow went from there

right towards the

left we can say that it is the work of a

left-handed isn't it?

we can say that it is probable

Thank you

thank you master for your service

1 voice is open to you for 1 possible retraining

Mr. Expert continue

then the horizontal shape of the wound

and the traces of blood on the victim's knees indicate that she

was standing at the time of the crime

have you noticed any other lesions

no injury or defense

nor dragging

Madam President I have 1 question

Go for it

Mr. Expert in the absence of such

trace can we assume that the victim was left at the scene of the crime

by 1 person familiar to him

it's 1 possibility yes

that will be all thanks

Mrs Marton

the evening before the facts did you hear the accused

utter any

end up with his wife

not that I know

It's the last one, we're going to close soon, eh gentlemen ok

that's what happened to your husband he's 1 sick

if she doesn't stop drinking you put it on her

slab under the ass

and then believe me you will be very peaceful hmm

don't do that to him

I heard him give advice to Nicolas

you're not surprised that she

but nothing alarms that she crushes you after ah crushes me

no, she has character, that's all

Roger stop meddling for a bit

we're talking darling oh leave him alone

afterward I went up to bed

but you didn't sleep right away

no I took off my makeup first

and then I went to bed with my book

when I heard the metal curtain it

was almost 1 a.m.

yes how

we will take 1 Doliprane in the bathroom

what are you talking about

and what did he answer you

he said

I fucking did it I did it

a little silence please

silence thank you

madam uh marton

Did your husband tell you what he did?

no he didn't say anything else

he had drunk too much to answer and

he fell asleep 30 seconds later

the next day neither

he stayed in bed all morning

if he told me he didn't want to open the bar

how sick he was

there I said okay

and what do you think your husband did between 1 a.m.

time at which Nicolas

Millie might leave your establishment

and 3:15 a.m. the time he joined you

in the room

I don't know anything about it

I never knew

1 little less than 24 hours

after the events the gendarmes came to arrest

your husband

can you tell us what they discovered in your home?

he has 1 gun but it doesn't work

and he also has 1 war knife

who looks like what

it's the one on the handle that has some

there are like holes there to put your fingers

1 American point yes there you go

he is quite big

it's okay I got it it was there in the bar under the sink

now I ask you again what did he say

your husband to the police during his first hearing

he said he didn't do anything special nothing else

so I will remind you

he said that between the departure of Nicolas Milik

and his arrival in your room

he had tidied up the bar

for two hours

maybe I watched TV too

and at no time did you take your vehicle

I was completely drunk, I told you if I had taken my car I would have been smashed

you do have 1 survival knife Mr. Martin

affirmative

and you know where it is in the garage

in 1 trunk where there are all my army souvenirs

and why we found it under the sink

in the bar then

at 1 point I think I think I took it

oh well ask my wife

when I'm drunk I sometimes go and lock myself in my

workshop and put on my uniform

there are evenings I put on my beret

it makes customers laugh

okay so you went looking

your knife in the garage and you went into the dam

if you found him in the bar it's likely yes

you cleaned that knife

No

however we found it wet with traces of dishwashing liquid on it

that's because I washed it

so what do you want me to tell you

here you will understand my doubts

regarding your husband's hearing

madam president can you ask

Lucie to bring the price of seller No.

this one

do you recognize this knife madame hammer

it's my husband's

I remind the court that he jokes the same characteristics

that the one who served in the crime

serrated blade similar length

Moreover

analysis report reveals Roger Martn's DNA

on the handle it also reveals 1 tiny

flesh particle

between the handle and the blade uh unfortunately

too small to detect the date

and the origin

I would like you

ask 1 last question madame hammer

in what hand did your husband write?

with the left hand

I will procure

specifying that my client is

right handed thank you

excuse me master

master

your insinuation is a pure interpretation

For my part, I see 1 element to accuse him of

in the event where where Nicolas Music

would have murdered his

wife he could very well have solicited his

right-handed strength

to immobilize it

and in which case the blow

fatal would have been carried by his left hand

given the depth of the wound I don't see how my client could have pushed the blade in

so deep

into the victim's throat with his weak arm

no matter what, master, but we are not here to

judge our strength competitions

what are you drawing Emma

daddy's prison

with us ahead if 1 day we can see him again

yeah it's good

Jade, you didn’t draw anything, why not?

Jade

come on children it's the harvest

no no no stay

sit down

Jade isn't better, is she, no, she isn't.

still doesn't talk but she played with other kids last week

so what did they say for the release

the request was rejected 1 more time

but you know your dad tried to tell you that he loved you very much that he loved you

found uh

very brave that he misses you very much

you think we will manage to see it

visits are complicated

have you thought about what I asked you last time

to come and testify

no I don't want

but why would it do your father a favor if you came to testify

I'm ashamed

this time on the mud on your clothes we find the same components

pollution than in the mud of your street

on the other hand there is no

trace of pollution in the mud taken from the bridge

Van Gogh during the 1st factual expertise uh

on this point you are totally discharged

thank you master

but you will have to enlighten me on the nature

the relationships between

your wife and and Roger not yet with Roger eh

if I can't prove it was 1 person

familiar to Cécile the prosecution will remember that she left herself

embark on the scene of the crime without fighting

as 1 argument against you

that doesn't mean anything to her

had drunk a lot she could have

to be taken on board by anyone yes but

we have no other suspects

Nicolas understand that it is not against him but for you

did your wife frequent Roger's bar

it already happened yes how was he with her

good and correct

did she know she was your best friend

but here we go, we're moving forward

and so take note from Élodie

it’s one hell of a marriage

Cécile's father is still alive

he liked me

I remember he had a fight with Audrey

when she said she didn't want to come

but she didn't want to come

she found it too fast

ah you got married quickly

about 2 months after we met

how did you meet

it's the 07/14 party in bastibert she had 1

1 sweet thing in the eyes

I couldn't stop looking at her

at 1 moment she saw me uh

She asked me what was my problem

I said nothing

uh I thought she was pretty

and then I asked him to dance

and she accepted

yes you can't believe it

we went to dinner we talked a lot

it made me feel good

also she lost her mother when she was a kid

and I took her home

when getting out of the car

I tried to kiss him

and uh how she let herself be

I told myself I might never be alone again

Maître Meunier explained it to you, yeah

it informed me down to the smallest details

and he sent the blow because

because he let them go

and he doesn't want to touch their traffic anymore

I'm afraid for my son

Stadium bullfighter he has talent

and he's going to fuck up his life

you have to help me resonate

because he wants to withdraw his complaint against these assholes

wait Jean

what's happening to you Jean

oh it's nothing it's I had 1

I had 1 little heatstroke, it's okay

it's better yeah it's better

it's nothing it's nothing

you want me to call 1 doctor no no it's nothing

you scared me just now

it was white as a sheet

why are you smiling is the expression

white as a sheet, it was my mother who said that

I'm not your mother

but I tell you

although you should take care of yourself

you work too much you get exhausted

I haven't seen you like that since the cell phone case

it has nothing to do with it, there is no evidence against it

ulike the whole file is bogus

so for you he is innocent

and that's not the subject uh I'm talking about

just my defense I need to believe my arguments

but you can admit you're wrong

but I can admit that I'm wrong yes

I have 1 excellent news

Mrs. Diallo from social services contacted me

to tell me that Élodie agreed to testify

if her father agrees you can

be called as a witness ah it’s great metromounier

I learned some great things on your portal

that means nothing to you portal uh ma'am please

Mr.

great lawyer café grassier portal the killer of old people

ma'am that's enough

and what did he do portal as soon as released

he didn't bother, he did everything again and again

come on it's good now

go ahead asshole go do your dirty work

it is absolutely necessary that your

daughter Élodie comes to testify

to bear witness to what

because she needs you jurors

will see that she has responsibility for her 4

brothers and sisters I don't want

finally you don't understand if I write

now 1 request for incentive witness the president will not be able to say no I don't want her

witness this

but that's okay, she's big

now she won't

assume it's for me that I don't want I don't want her to drink here

like that after 3 years like that I don't want

I don't want

you confirm that no trace of DNA

nor Nicolas Milic

nor Cécile millich

was found in Mr.'s vehicle

Roger Martin that's correct

and on the victim's body

on the body of the victim the autopsy has

revealed the presence

of Nicolas Milik's DNA only

which is perfectly normal in terms of

Mary of the victim

you are right master

on the other hand 1 1 detail alters this

feeling of normalcy

Mr. Constable can you remind us what the autopsy report reveals

as for the victim's nails please

under the nails of the middle and ring fingers of his hand

right forensic medicine

noted 1 microcrust of blood

identified as belonging to Mr. Félix

but like

stipulated in my client's hearing report

a few hours before the tragedy they argued

Ms. Milik tried to slap my client

and scratched him at the base with the master blow

stop interrupting madame lawyer

general and let her direct her interrogation

as she wants

thank you madam president

It’s not so much this point that interests me master

Mr. Gendarme please continue

we also found under the nail of his right index finger

1 tiny residue of blue thread

you are surely talking about it

the bright blue suit that Mr. Milik wore

according to several witnesses

the evening before the incident

yes and that we found working at the foot of his bed

during the search of his home yes that's right

I address my next question directly to the accused

Mr. Milik

you weren't wearing a jacket

during that argument with your wife

mentioned by Maître Monnier

so how is it possible that we found this

residue of blue thread under his nail

I don't know

if you weren't wearing your jacket

arguing

as you reported in your hearing minutes

how this blue thread

could have found itself under this nail following a slap

just like your blood crust

your wife couldn't tear 1 thread out of your pants

It seems impossible that she stooped for you

hit in the face no

I don't know much, Madam, maybe I wore it my

jacket then ah no

No, Mr. Constable, please

please can you remind us of the words

statements of the accused during his hearing

about her outfit

during his altercation with his wife please

yes uh he said he was wearing his white shirt

fit into his blue suit pants

but not his jacket

not his jacket though

which is more likely Mr. Milik

it's that she struggled while understanding

your intention to murder him

1 time near the Van Gogh Bridge

she would then have physically attacked you

which would explain

the presence of the blue wire

and your blood under his nails it's not true

I could also have been wrong at the time

about what I wore

at my hearing

and even if you brought it your

jacket you say that the argument with

your wife took place around 10 p.m.

so is it possible that a thread residue

stays under 1 nail that long without dislodging

if the victim was murdered around two o'clock in the afternoon

Morning

it's still been 4 hours

master for La Défense

you are 1 I will answer the lawyer first

general on this point

my client has no

absolutely no reason

to remember what he was wearing that

evening I am however he seemed very

well without memory the next day when

we questioned him yes but today at 3

years interval before the tragedy it

was 1 evening like uh any other night

there's no reason to remember what

exactly he was wearing that night it's

it's like asking him I don't know what

he was wearing on the 22nd /12 two

thousand and sixteen for example, this is what I remember

it was the day of the Christmas party at my children's school I had my costume

gray striped

I know it's my favorite

master uh perhaps it will be more judicious

to rely on the gendarmes in charge of the investigation

I didn't know you were pleading today

if

I just lost

your little bull has just taken

3 years for 1 drug trafficking

it is absolutely necessary that Nicolas's daughter

come and testify

did you hear what I told you

yes yes yes yes the the

little Oreo yes well I have I will go talk to his father

I don't think that's his grumpy priority.

yeah you have time to go and drink 1 coffee

yeah me yeah but not you

mister noon

hello sir, put your paw down please

I wanted to announce the death of Mr. Martin

he was found dead in his cell

I'm sorry sir

he coughed up blood all night

no one came to help him

they let him die like a dog

Nicolas I know it's painful for you but

it will help us

non-master

it's not possible

you want me to

list everything that is against him

why are you blocking like that because

he's my friend and last month at the investigating judge he

stabbed in the back saying he won't

hadn't seen you come home

saying that the witnesses

had seen your car at the Van Gogh Bridge

no but he was protecting himself you go

stop with your stupid loyalty

you're going to let me defend you yes

but Laure but what what what Laure

you prefer 1 moment of shame for Laure or pass

your life in prison

I learned of the disappearance of your client

please accept my regrets

It is to his widow that you should offer your condolences.

but

finally I suppose that it is not only compassion which

bring here

so presumed good my dear colleague eh

so let's spare ourselves the politeness

very good then

here I sincerely think that my client is innocent

but what makes you say that?

beyond the elements of the file it is the death of

Roger hammer

before that I thought he

feared that he was protecting

but even after his death he continues to devote himself to her 1

1 unfailing loyalty

he believes him to be innocent

you are insinuating that my client would have been the culprit

that's the reason I'm here

I know it's tricky

but I wondered if in the secrecy of your conversations

he hadn't confessed to you

in which case uh

we would have requested from our batonniers the

lifting of professional secrecy

so that you can attend as a witness

get out of my office

get out or I'll have you written off

go outside

out

What possessed you to go to Montel to get information from him?

Roger Martin died yesterday

I know

he told me everything he also told me

that he would have you

denounced to the batenis and we

hadn't pleaded together, he and I

yeah it was risky

but it was worth it

tried me in his place, I wouldn't have hesitated for 1 second

are you unlocking or what?

don't tell me that no colleague has ever tried to

do that but I don't care about others it's you

who almost got you written off

I just want to avoid 1 miscarriage of justice and there is 1

innocent who risks

end your life in prison, you see, you make it a big deal

personal but no but that's okay

3 years since he changed his version, not 1 confession

Nothing

what would you have thought

probably like you except I keep a cool head

and I take 1 step

rest of the world when I fight 1 injustice

shit wait wait but who is talking to me there

is it my partner or is it my wife

your friend Jean

the one who knows

your tendency to isolate yourself when you are vulnerable

but stop putting yourself in my place

but it's boring

It’s boring I plead in less than 2 months

so I don't need that Annie

I was at my grandmother's

when I saw the call for witnesses in the newspaper

and then I remembered that evening near the bridge

what exactly did you do

it was two o'clock in the morning and I was going home

finally at my parents

it was dark

but I saw 1 big car stopped

near the Van Gogh Bridge

there were headlights on

where exactly on the other side of the bridge by the canal

I was going towards Arles

overgraph

was this one of these vehicles

I can't tell you eh

with the headlights on we couldn't see anything

what did you see next

I saw 2 silhouettes behind the car

in front of the trunk which was wide open

can you describe the

morphologies of these silhouettes

so it's just 1 impression but

it seems to me that the person who was rummaging in the trunk

was bigger than the one behind

so we hardly saw the other one then

uh I would like to point out that Roger Martn measures

10cm taller than the victim

As for my client, he is only 4cm taller than his

women

that questions questioning me

passed by there yes around two in the morning yes

what did you see 1 big dark car

parked near the old bridge full lighthouse

uh

as it's not common to see 1 car parked there

this time

I thought it was a breakdown so I slowed down to see

there was no one at the wheel the trunk was open

and there were 2 people at the bottom of the car

you stopped yes

yes they were uh 1

thirty meters from me so uh I saw movement

so there were 2 people standing

and 1/2 1/3 person on the ground

at their feet with arms in the air

a little silence please

so what did you do next uh i left again

I thought it was young people who had drunk one drink too many and that

the one on the ground was puking

but you called the gendarmerie 8 days later

seeing peace to the witness

in my diary that I read every morning

gentleman with his arms in the air of this

3rd person on the ground that you describe does not suit you

seemed to be a gesture of distress

uh it's going to seem more like 1 drunk who got

broke it

shouts and asks for help to get up

I didn't hear any weird noise

write to you for example

uh I I I listened to my radio and

all the windows were closed so uh

no can you

shed light on the morphology of the 2 standing people

not really no

and the person on the ground

neither

thank you that will be all

master for La Défense

yes thank you

sir, I saw that you were an antique dealer

yes antique dealer

at night you are

passed by the bridge road

Van Gogh you said in your testimony

that coming from the Nîmes flea market you had 1 stand

you must have arrived in Nîmes relatively early

yeah at 7am for uh for the installation yes

and you left in the evening

two o'clock in the morning yes finally I closed at

eight o'clock but uh we went

dinner with a few friends eh

you drank at this dinner

nothing two-three glasses

but I see where you are saying

finally I know what I saw

no but what you saw in the blindness of the headlights

slightly alcoholic

after 1 18 hour working day

what you saw without hearing anything

this distressed figure on the ground

could have been 1 brush stump

and arms in the air from the branches

I know how to recognize 1 brush of a person for goodness sake

and since he says he saw it

that's enough no

what more do you need please sit down

he's the one who killed my sister

assassin

assassin

assassin, gentlemen police officers, please

get Madame Chirac out

How's it going

you're the one to ask

well it's the big day

he gave you the green light for his daughter no

no he doesn't understand that he has no choice

you count or do you rethink his opinion

he is he is incapable of arbitrating

and then Annie

the president has not spoken 1 piece of equipment 2 years

what choice do I have left?

your pleading for example will not be enough

I am ready to do anything to save him save him no but you understand

who do you think you are John the Almighty

we're just asking you to defend him

ladies and gentlemen of the court

sir did you also answer the call uh

launched by the gendarmerie in the newspaper La Provence

8 days after the fact, isn’t that so?

yesterday you said

that you read this newspaper every morning

for over 40 years yes

I was already a subscriber that it was still called the professor in

room in this case you must have read the 1st article

published on the case

relating the discovery of the victim

definitely yes

in this 1st article

published 48 hours after the fact it was

indicated the location of the crime and the date

uh black on white so I

I wonder why you didn't think so at the time?

uh to call the police I mean uh

48 hours later having seen what you say you saw

I

I have no idea

there was not yet the call for witnesses yes but finally

you have not made the link between these 2 cases

this alleged person that you saw on the ground and the

body of the victim found in the same place

TG

I don't have an answer to that

well let's move on to the 2nd

article published 8 days after the

facts with this famous call for

witnesses from the gendarmerie 1

time again the scene of the crime

is mentioned but also the 2

suspects placed in pre-trial

detention either with the victim 3

people in total then my question

is the following nor would it not

go 1 1 small part of

autosuggestion by reading in the

newspaper 3 people you told the

gendarmes having seen 3 people I

have I have neither memory problem nor shit vision at the end calm down sir

I'm not going to repeat myself 36 times

show the Defense lawyer some respect please you are in a criminal court

I beg your pardon

thank you that will be all

Mr. Lacour thanks you

uh do you have any questions for the accused okay

in this case I suspend

the hearing which will resume with the pleading the part

civil and requisition the lawyer

general and the pleading of the Defense

ah if you want to piss it's now

being constituted part

civil in the name of the administrator of the latter

to social services

first I must tell you that the elders

Élodie, 13 years old, and Ryan, 12 years old, are perfectly informed

and aware of the situation

I would like today

transmit to you uh their deep belief

neither Élodie nor Ryan

believes their father capable of what he is accused of here

and their confession

They miss their father very much

this father who raised them alone

with love

it is guaranteed that they have a decent life

and this in the indifference of a wife

alcoholic and absent for his children

but I'm not here to damn or accuse

but to represent these 5

grandchildren who lost their mother

and whose interest is the truth about this drama

the truth

at the end of the debates I confess to you for my part

keep 1

serious doubt about the guilt of Nicolas Milik

I will obviously get over it

to the decision of the court and the jurors

Thank you

I would first like to express my deep respect for what the children of

Nicolas Music

but neither me

neither the court nor the juries we are his children

we must therefore

accept that between justice and their father

yes they could very well choose their father

but we could never make that choice

because Nicolas Milik is very guilty

then you will tell me the accused has no motive

but in what crime of passion is there 1 objective motive

1 tangible mobile

his is exasperation

that evening

after yet another argument

the accused goes to Roger's house to whine

with his friend Marton

does he ever intend to kill his wife

no probably not

Martin hasn't yet uh strongly suggested to him

witnesses have not yet seen him describe the crime

exact which will take place 3 hours later with 1 serrated knife

like the one he owns

the witnesses leave

we can then imagine the 2 men remaining alone

and continue their conversation

and accuse him, let himself be convinced

otherwise he would not be a man

and this is where the premeditation begins

the 2 men like Touma Stiber also know

exactly where to find Madame Cécile ulike

so they leave the bar

to meet their future victim

they take the blue marton four-wheeler

direction the village square

1 time arrived at the bench the accused shows himself to his wife

she is

drunk she doesn't really understand what's happening to her

but she recognizes her husband

so she lets herself be carried by him

that's why we won't find any

trace of violence or defense on the unfortunate

the 2 men drive her near the Van Gogh bridge

it's calm

it's deserted at night this time of year

1 ideal place in short

the terrible sequel no one sees it

but the material elements of the file tell us

tell

the victim is relieved

she knows that people want to harm her so she struggles

this is where she tears off 1 end of the thread from her

jacket to her husband that he

now carries

she also scratches him at the base of the neck

but it's too late Roger Martn

the left-hander placed himself behind Cécile millich

he holds it with his right arm

time for Nicolas millich to step back

then there now back

he sticks his blade into her throat and cuts her

from right to left

with 1 serrated knife

with 1 knuckle-shaped handle

the accused drags the body of his dead wife

to the abandoned house near the bridge

1 place where

where apparently it won't be so easy to find her

then Roger Martn takes the accused home

he rushes back

Once at home he cleans the murder weapon with

soap

like 1 assassin wishing to make disappear

any trace of his crime

but not well enough you will remember

because 1 tiny part of flesh

probably that of the victim is still there

he finally hides his

tree in 1 plastic bag and it goes to bed

duty accomplished

courage of the drunkard satisfied

but before falling into the arms of Morpheus

he confides in his wife he tells her

damn

tell me mr ulike what did he do

he tidyed up

eh he rested in front of the TV

No

no you know like me that Roger Martn

killed with you and for you

because you are both the murderers of Madame Cécile

Milik

and the fact that you don't drink alcohol doesn't help anything

your case sir

you accepted in full conscience

your friend's proposal

and that evening

the love you claimed to have for

your wife and children

ceased to exist

Mr. Nicolas Milik is like Mr. Roger Martn

he is guilty of the assassination of Mrs. Cécile Milik

his act was premeditated

I therefore hold against the accused

1 sentence of 30 years of criminal imprisonment

Thank you

prove it

prove your story Madam Advocate General and don't tell me

do not say that the evidence collected can

match

be rigorous

say that it demonstrates and with certainty

otherwise stop keeping this poor story and

because there is no evidence against my client

like mobile

nothing absolutely nothing indicates that Nicolas Milic is calm

weighted not drinking alcohol

and had some reasons to take action that evening

to incur

life imprisonment

although he knew it very well

1 divorce would have been favorable to him

finally 1 divorce is that

did you really want to divorce Mr. Milik

No

no of course not because I believe it

when he speaks to me with passion about the love he had

for the mother of her 5 children

let us now come to its material elements which

madame lawyer

general tried to pass us off as proof

she first started with

dismiss my client's testimony on behalf of a single factor

apparent and reasonable logic

that is to say the worst enemy

evening historians of the facts that we are

this logic on which the accusation relies

is actually just a simple probability

I think of this blue thread

lodged under the nail of Cécile Ménique which uh logically

was more likely to come from

jacket than pants indeed

it is less likely that his hand

the pants were flowered then the scene described

and then

we are going to condemn 1 man for breast

because it is more likely that

are we sure that this thread comes from the jacket?

and was snatched on the evening of the crime, was it

tested the lifespan of a cotton thread under 1 nail

who can assure here that that evening it is sidlmilik 1 hour

before the argument did not move the

her husband's jacket while taking the bench

which would become the only element

the only evidence indicating that maybe maybe

Nicolas Milly who was present that evening at the bridge

Van Gogh at two in the morning

look at your nails carefully

and check that they are not hiding there 1

little dirt uh 3 times nothing

NOW

ask yourself when you should pick it up

in the morning in the evening the day before

I repeat it to you

logic is the enemy of this room

through its weakness it opposes the necessary rigor

what does the word proof contain

so now let's come to this witness sir

Mr. crazy quant dealer so sure of himself who pretends

having seen 3 people

but under what conditions

let us settle once and for all the fate of his testimony because

he is extremely fragile

I would even say that it defies all logic

how is it possible that the

3 people he describes

may not hear anything from

sound of car engine

and can't see it

arrive in this desert place

in his testimony he tells us

that the 2 people in the rear of the vehicle

did not even try to hide 30m from him

strange

or if you need 1

logical explanation these 2 people were drunk

and so soaked in alcohol that they no longer took

watch out for those around them or

or Nicolas Hamilik does not drink

and he wasn't there

and it's Roger

because it was him

who a few moments later with his knife

will slit the throat of poor Cécile

before fleeing in his four-wheel drive

so I can't prove it either but

that's at least who is

consistency with what we know

and I challenge anyone here

to prove to me that it happened differently

because you have absolutely no proof

before concluding, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I

I would like to quote you

1 magnificent text and I hope will guide you

as he guides me

the law does not ask judges the means by which

they convinced themselves

she instructs them to question themselves in silence and meditation

and to seek in the sincerity of their conscience

what effects had on their network

the test against the accused

and the means of its defense

the law only asks them this one question

do you have a deep conviction

it is not even for the benefit of

doubt that I ask you to acquit

Nicolas mélike mais

because I am certain of his innocence because

nothing in his file indicates otherwise because

he always denied

constantly during

these 3 years spent in pre-trial detention

because nothing

nothing is inexplicable if it is innocent

Nicolas Milik is also innocent for 1 other reason he

was in everyone's life 1 good father he only wanted good and love for his children

so if it only took one

only 1 reason why

he couldn't have killed their mother, never ever

he could not have wished them such harm

return this father to his children to leave him

because it will be fair

Thank you

Mr. Milik the procedure

requires you to speak last

would you like to add anything in your defense

Yes

I miss my wife

she won't come back

and um but my children thank God they are still here

and uh

they are all I have left

THANKS

thank you Mr Milik

the debates are now over

the court will retire to deliberate

How long do you think we'll have it for?

oh this might be quite long

What

I wanted to say thank you master

yesterday I was not well I doubted but there you have me

given 1 little hope

hope the jurors agree with you

it's the first time we've been outdoors

it's the clerk

it's going to be ours

ladies and gentlemen of the court

the hearing is resumed please sit down

Mr. Milik get up

the court had to answer 2 questions

Is Nicolas Milik guilty of homicide

voluntary against the person of his wife Cécile Milik

within the meaning of the article

two hundred and twenty-one 1 of the penal code

if yes

Did Nicolas Milik act with premeditation

to this first question

by a majority of at least 6 votes the court responded

Yes

to the second question by a majority of at least 6 votes

the court answered yes

therefore

Nicolas Milik found guilty

of his charges

the court sentences him to the penalty of

20 years of criminal imprisonment

Mr milike you have 10 days to appeal

the hearing is adjourned

gentlemen wait

I would like to speak for 1 second with my client if he

please

THANKS

we're not going to stop there Nicolas

we will continue to fight no it's good master

we stop everything

no no we're going to go

call no master no I'm tired I'm fed up

and I just want to do my time

you really fought well

20 years isn't so bad no no

let me defend you on appeal no

you must forgive me master

well I lied to you

I did it

it was me who killed him

I killed my wife

Roger he didn't do anything

apparently lend his knife and come with me

and why

I didn't dare tell you

I didn't want to disappoint you

but why did you do that

before you no one had really respected me like that

even I have

never like this

no this sentence I deserve it

it's terrible what I did

but why would you have killed him

come on it's okay we have to go

master

excuse me

I can just tell you 1 word, that’s understood.

I wanted to tell you that I did everything to ensure that he left during the

discussions

you don't have the

right to say that it's not

legal you don't have the right I know

I know but it's it's

important to me that you know

in fact you convinced all the jurors

we all agreed to say that Mr. Milik

was innocent

but the president came to see us

and she turned the wind the other way

everyone was impressed by her

and there, listening to him speak, they all began to doubt

I'm the only one who hasn't changed my mind

I wanted to tell you

I wanted to tell you I was sorry

There

Thank you

3 years have passed

my life has returned to normal

I continued to defend people with more or less

less success

I never forgot that night

but I ended up digesting it

put it aside

find a way to keep within myself

1 kind of tank and illusion

and then 1 day I received 1

call from the Arles gendarmerie informing me

that a certain Nicolas Milik still incarcerated

at Tarascon prison

for the murder of his wife was indicted

and he asked to see me

Thomas is to have come master

I'm happy to see you again

Given the

past I'm not sure I want you

assist in this new procedure

well I mean beyond this interview

oh I understand your reservations master

but I promise I'll tell you the whole truth

what is she doing there

what is this story

I was very much the only master

at the time you know

before my wife died

very alone

she didn't do anything at home

she started drinking more and more

she stayed away all day then 1 evening

I don't even know how it happened

I started to cuddle Élodie

you are my daughter

She didn't say anything so I started again

and it continued

I knew it was wrong

but I was ashamed but I felt so alone

that's it, it changed then

until she told me she wanted more

she asked me to stop that it gave me a shock

it hit me once it hit me

I apologized

She's my daughter anyway I love her so uh

I apologized so that she would understand that

that it was an accident

Yeah

she promised me she wouldn't say anything and

and then I started again with Jade

Yeah

except that Cécile surprised us

she saw everything

she threatened to tell everyone everything

especially since she

had learned that I wanted to file for divorce

that's why I couldn't get a divorce

she told me she wouldn't say anything

if I left him alone

if I let her drink and spend our money

do what she wanted with her days

she took almost everything

I cleaned the food

and I took care of the children

except that

she started dropping hints

at school in front of the neighbors

you know Nicolas he loves his children very much

I'm jealous

I couldn't take it anymore

why it happened

I had no choice so I killed him

I looked at him who

had hidden everything so much from everyone

world starting with me

to these numerous witnesses whom he had described as 1 father

copy

to the social services who followed the family

to my colleague in the party

civilian who had farted that day

having heard the children say

how much they loved their father

how much they missed her

eternal monstrous conflict of

feelings in the hearts of incest victims

1 life of hiding and no one saw anything