Elegant, relaxed, Simone Weber made a highly noticed entrance to the Nancy Court of Appeal. For the sixth time the Prosecution Chamber was considering her request for release, she insisted on being present. In the corridors of the courthouse, she lets her indignation explode: "I hope that my statements will be trusted... I am innocent, you do not believe?". Lively exchange between Jacques VERGES for the defense and Paul LOMBARD for the civil part.
Verdict in the trial of Simone Weber, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the jury of the Assize Court of Nancy. The latter was in the hospital for discomfort when the court rendered its verdict. Statement of Master Henri Garaud, lawyer of the Defense, explaining that they will go to see their client in the hospital and announce this decision to him. On the civil side, it is the collapse, Patricia, the daughter of the disappeared Bernard Hettier, leaves the room in tears. For Joël Lagrange, lawyer of the Civil Party, there is an aftertaste of disappointment.
She would have poisoned her ex-husband and cut her ex-lover, it is a macabre reconstitution which gave rise to the investigation of the case of Simone Weber, in prison for 3 years. Testimony of Patricia Hettier who waits without believing too much the day when Simone Weber will confess. For Jean Chevais, defense lawyer, this reconstitution did nothing for the prosecution. He feels his client needs to get out quickly.
Update on the investigation into the disappearance of Bernard Hettier on June 22 in Nancy. Simone Weber, charged since November 10, 1985, is suspected of the murder of the victim, with the complicity of her sister Madeleine. For Dominique and Patricia Hettier, daughters of Bernard Hettier, no doubt, Simone Weber murdered their father.