Agnès Marin ( – 16 November 2011) was a 13-year-old girl who was
rape
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d and
murder
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ed on 16 November 2011 in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Haute-Loire, France. The murder was committed by 17-year-old Mathieu Moulinas, a student at the same school who at the time was on parole while awaiting trial for rape of another girl.
Early life
Agnès MarinUnder French law, juvenile victims' names are not to be made public, but hers was released by her family. was a
boarder A boarder may be a person who:
*snowboards
*skateboards
*bodyboards
* surfs
*stays at a boarding house
*attends a boarding school
*takes part in a boarding attack
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in year fourThe equivalent of the eighth grade in the U.S. at the Collège Cévenol, a private school in which her parents, Frédéric and Paola Marin, had enrolled her that year because of bad influences at her previous school in Paris. According to a close friend, she was a good student who was interested in becoming a filmmaker.
Murder
On Wednesday 16 November 2011, Marin, then 13, accompanied a fellow student, Mathieu Moulinas, then 17,Although French law forbids revealing information that might identify a minor offender, his last name was leaked to the press. into woods to look for hallucinogenic mushrooms. Moulinas raped her and stabbed her and then burnt her body.
Her body was found two days later; she was buried in Paris on what would have been her 14th birthday, 26 November 2011.
Mathieu Moulinas
Mathieu Moulinas, who turned 18 the month after the murder, was from
Nages-et-Solorgues
Nages-et-Solorgues (; oc, Najas e Solòrgues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Gard department
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The communes ...
gothic
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style of dress, bragging of being a hacker and drug-user who had robbed pharmacies, and publicly petting his
Tahiti
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an girlfriend. He had very poor
grades
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and in June 2011 was twice threatened with suspension, but on his return at the end of the summer, appeared to be doing better.
Reactions
When news of the murder and of Moulinas's previous offence emerged, many in France criticised both the decision to free him and place him in a co-educational boarding school and the lack of candour by the authorities; his judicial supervisor felt constrained by the
presumption of innocence
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and by professional ethics from revealing it. The school administration in turn said they had been unaware that he was under judicial supervision or that they should inform his supervisor even when he was suspended for watching
pornography
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults,
on a school computer. According to a relative of his earlier victim, he had been watching X-rated films all day from the age of 16. While the prosecution argued the school was aware Moulinas had been imprisoned on a rape charge, the school stated they were not aware of the reason for his detention and judicial supervision. Marin's father said that the school was aware that Moulinas had problems involving "sexual acts of aggression"; at trial, the director of the school admitted that he had known.
In late November 2011, in response to the case, Prime Minister François Fillon announced new government rules under which juveniles accused of the most serious offences would be kept in detention pending trial and schools to which such juveniles were to be remanded would be given full information about the alleged offences prior to admission, and also called for an inquiry into improving psychological assessment of accused offenders.
Trial and sentencing
Moulinas's trial before the '' Cour d'assises des mineurs''Court for juvenile offenders accused of committing ''crimes'' (offences punishable by at least 10 years in prison) began on 18 June 2013, '' in camera'' against the wishes of Marin's family. The public prosecutor criticised numerous institutional failings in his case and asked the jury not to grant him the benefit of minority,Under French law, the ''excuse de minorité'' results in the maximum sentence being halved, so that for life-eligible crimes the maximum sentence becomes 20 years; see :fr:Justice des mineurs en France . instead requesting a 30-year sentence and civil commitment, taking into account Moulinas's mental problems.
On 28 June 2013, for the earlier rape as well as the rape and murder of Marin, Moulinas was sentenced to
life imprisonment
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, the second time a juvenile offender had been given such a sentence in France; the first, Patrick Dils, was sentenced in 1989 (and subsequently acquitted). His lawyers announced that they would appeal the sentence the next day.
Appeal
On 10 October 2014, the Appeal Assize Court confirmed Moulinas' life sentence, ending any possibility of the revision of the rulings on the facts.
Aftermath
On 2016, the parents of the murderer published ''Parents à perpétuité'', a book about their experience, which caused the victim's family to protest. During an interview, the Moulinas reported their son still didn't feel any remorse.
See also
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Trial as an adult
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While there are spec ...
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Recidivism
Recidivism (; from ''recidive'' and ''ism'', from Latin ''recidīvus'' "recurring", from ''re-'' "back" and ''cadō'' "I fall") is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have experienced negative consequences of th ...