Reportage. Jean Maurice Agnelet, 74, sentenced in 2007 to 20 years in prison for the murder of Agnès Le Roux, his former mistress, who disappeared in 1977, will have a third trial. His conviction was overturned by the European Court of Human Rights, which found his trial unfair. This afternoon the Court of Cassation ordered his release. The victim’s family is devastated. Update on archive images, factual images, photographs and interviews of Jean Charles LE ROUX, brother of Agnès, Master François SAINT PIERRE.
Report devoted to the appeal in cassation of Maurice Agnelet following his sentence to twenty years in prison. He is suspected of having killed his mistress Agnès Le Roux and of having made his body disappear. Commentary on alternating factual images, archives, photographs, and interviews of François SAINT-PIERRE, lawyer of Maurice Agnelet, and Jean-Charles LE ROUX, brother of Agnès Le Roux.
Development in the case LE ROUX. Maurice AGNELET, principal suspect, ex-lover and lawyer of the young woman, was indicted for forcible confinement and manslaughter with prohibition to leave French territory. It had a no place in 1986. The case is revived after the revelations of Agnelet’s ex-wife who claims that her husband was not with her at the supposed time of the crime. For Renée Le Roux it is the culmination of a fight she has been leading since 1977, "I would like him to end his life in prison... I want to know the truth about my daughter’s death".
In order to further the investigation into the disappearance of Agnès Le Roux, the French justice system has asked Canada to extradite Jean Maurice Agnelet. Summary of the affair of the casinos of Nice, at the origin of this disappearance.
Second part of the report devoted to the war between two casinos of Nice, one belongs to Renée Le Roux and the other to Jean Dominique Fratoni. A dark story of vote buying eventually led to the disappearance of Renée Le Roux’s daughter, Agnès. She left a letter suggesting a suicide, a thesis fought by her mother who accuses the lawyer and lover of her daughter Jean Maurice Agnelet. The latter tried several times to join the management team of the casino of Renée Le Roux. Accused of recel purchase of vote and accused by Renée Le Roux of being the cause of the disappearance of his daughter, he may be removed from the Bar. Interview with Jean Maurice AGNELET, lawyer and lover of Agnès Le Roux.
Report in two parts devoted to the war between two casinos of Nice, one belongs to Renée Le Roux and the other to Jean Dominique Fratoni. A dark story of vote buying eventually led to the disappearance of Renée Le Roux’s daughter, Agnès. She left a letter suggesting a suicide, a thesis fought by her mother who accuses the lawyer and lover of her daughter Jean Maurice Agnelet. The latter tried several times to join the management team of the casino of Renée Le Roux. Interview with Renée LE ROUX, owner of the Palais de la Mediterranée casino and mother of Agnès Le Roux.
Report devoted to the development in the case of the disappearance of Agnès Le Roux. Jean Maurice Agnelet has been accused for 23 years by Renée Le Roux of this disappearance but this one had an alibi. His ex-wife claimed he was with her when Agnès Le Roux disappeared. This witness of the time has just returned to his testimony and admits to having lied. Interviews with Renée LE ROUX, mother of Agnès, François SAINT PIERRE, lawyer of Jean Maurice Agnelet, and Christian BOITEL, lawyer of Renée Le Roux.