Why Jonathann Daval is acquitted despite his false accusations of murder against his in-laws

Jonathann Daval, prosecuted for "slanderous utterance" due to the accusations made against his in-laws after the murder of his ex-partner Alexia Fouillot, was arrested. relax&eac; by the criminal court of Besançon this Friday, May 24.

Judged for "slanderous utterance", Jonathann Daval was é relax&eac; by the criminal court of Besançon, this Friday, May 24. He was appearing in court for making false accusations. towards his ex-in-laws, after the murder of his former partner Alexia Fouillot, in 2018.

While he himself was indicted and admitted to having killed accidentally his wife, Jonathann Daval had accused him of Gr'é the origin of the murder and the other members of the family for having mounted the crime. a "plot" to protect it. Accusations made to defend oneself. Jonathann Daval had, moreover, returned to his accusations several times, notably before the Haute-Saône assize court, which condemned him to &agrav; 25 years of criminal imprisonment for the murder of his wife.

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"On a moral level, Jonathann Daval is reprehensible", underlinedé the prosecutor of the Republic of Besançon, Étienne Manteaux, while conceding that by virtue of the law, any accused has the right to lie to defend himself. "Even if it is morally shocking, on a legal level, it seems difficult to me to consider that this offense is constituted," -he added.

"This is good news from the point of view of the application of the law", reacted Randall Schwerdorffer, lawyer for Jonathann Daval , with BFMTV. His client listened to her the reading of the judgment by videoconference from Ensisheim prison (Haut-Rhin), where he is currently serving his sentence.