On February 2, 2021, the trial of the three authors of a violent assault which occurred at the home of a couple in Saint-Ay, on July 14, 2016, opened in front of the Loiret Assize Court. Convinced that a large sum of money was at the home of Bertrand and Corinne Cassegrain, aged 70 and 55, the three men showed up. particularly sadistic and violent during that night of horror.
Two of them – Fouad Mammar, 34, and Helder Ferreira-Martins, 36 (the third implicated, Lhaouri Mohamdi, who fled to Algeria) – were respectively sentenced to 20 years and 17 years of criminal imprisonment.
– The absence of a father and of reference points for the main defendants in the violent attack at home of a couple from Saint-Ay
– Trial of Saint-Ay: the very contradictory versions of the victims and the accused
He throws his 20 month old son off the tenth floor
Thursday March 11, 2021, 2 p.m., La Chaussée district in Montargis. In a few seconds, horror sets in: a 40-year-old man defends himself on the tenth floor of a building in rue de Greven, after throwing her 20 month old son Simon into the void.
Defenestration in Montargis: the father threw his child into the void, of which he had just lost custody, before committing suicide
If he did not present a psychiatric history, Haja R., professor of history and geography in Ain, had just lost custody of the little boy by court order and was “psychologically tested“, explained Loïc Abrial, the prosecutor of the Republic of Montargis.
The father first threw his 20-month-old son into the void before killing himself. Photo Pascale Auditeau.
Haja R. had left Ain on the morning of the tragedy to take the road to Montargis where he had grown up. In order to access the apartment, he had explained to the tenant wanting to take pictures of the neighborhood.
When the many help arrived, Haja R. was deceased. Simon, who suffered very serious injuries, died shortly after, despite attempts at resuscitation. The investigation, initially opened for murder, was dismissed due to the death of the perpetrator.
Murders of a nurse and her patient, false disappearance, fires … These various facts marked the Loiret in 2019
A death in a settling of scores in Montargis
The district of La Chaussée was, a few days apart, the scene of two dramas.
On the evening of March 17, several shots were exchanged on rue de Crowborough in the district of La Chaussée, in Montargis. Essaïd, 22, is fatally injured ; Seriously injured Jerry, 20, is hospitalized and fired.
The alleged shooter, Karim A., 28, had just been released from prison. He was indicted for “murder and attempted murder”, and remanded in custody.
Drug trafficking and violence in Montargis: the alarm bells had been sounded
An 11-year-old Orléanaise disappears at sea
On August 13, Paulina, an 11-year-old Orléanaise disappears at sea while swimming on a beach in Meschers-sur-Gironde (Charente-Maritime), with other children from the Institut Serenne d’Orléans, who have gone to summer camp.
Despite intense searches, the body of the little girl was not found until three days later. Legal information for “manslaughter, unintentional injuries and endangerment” was opened by the prosecution of Saintes, in order to determine possible responsibilities in the causes of this accident.
Three cyclists killed on the roads of Loiret
Fleury-les-Aubrais, Saint-Denis-en-Val, Saint-Jean-de-Braye: between June and December 2021, three cyclists died in the agglomeration of Orléans after being struck by motorists.
On the evening of Saturday, June 12, a 45-year-old man died on rue Marc-Sangnier, in Fleury-les-Aubrais. Yvonne, 24, was run over in Saint-Denis en-Val on the night of August 24, when she was returning by bike alongside her companion. On December 8, a 13-year-old teenager died in Saint-Jean-de-Braye, hit by a van.
For several weeks, candles, flowers and little words were placed in Champdoux, in Saint-Denis-en-Val, for Yvonne.
For the dramas of Fleury-les-Aubrais and Saint-Denis-en-Val, the drivers fled before being found and arrested by the police. They were indicted for “manslaughter aggravated by a hit-and-run”, and a state of “obvious drunkenness” for the tragedy of Saint-Denis-en-Val.
The driver of the van involved in the Saint-Jean-de-Braye accident, who did not test positive for alcohol or drugs, was released after his custody.
Cyclist fatally hit in Fleury-les-Aubrais: a man indicted
Drama of Saint-Denis-en-Val: the suspect admits that he had drunk “a few glasses”
Serial bomb threats
In the space of 72 hours, between October 19 and 21, three schools in Loiret (the Benjamin-Franklin high school in Orléans, then the Max-Jacob colleges in Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle and Etienne-Dolet , in Orléans), are targeted by bomb threats over the phone. The appellants claim their willingness to “blow things up”. Threats leading to the systematic establishment of heavy police measures to avoid any risk.
After being confined for nearly four hours, the students of the Pothier high school were able to leave the establishment. Photo Eric Malot.
If the number from which the first call, the one made to high school, could not be traced by the police and the caller (s) confused, two minors, educated in the two colleges concerned, are suspected of having made the next two calls, in a desire to “replicate” the initial facts.
Threats addressed to a high school and two colleges, in Orléans: what do we know about the profile of the different callers?
A homicide in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
Marie-France Bruneau, 72, was found dead in her room on the morning of Thursday, November 11, by the nurse responsible for providing this retiree with her daily care. This inhabitant of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, who had lived alone since the death of her husband two years ago, presented head injuries.
A violent and suspicious death which led to the opening of an investigation for homicide, entrusted to the soldiers of the research section of Orleans. More than two weeks after the incident, the soldiers still had not, according to our information, arrested any suspects. The investigation is continuing.
Marie-France Bruneau’s home. Photo Alexandre Charrier.
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