Overview
- The Corrèze assize court delivered the verdict on March 21 after more than five hours of deliberation, setting a 20-year period of sûreté within the 30-year term.
- Larivée, 24, continued to claim Justine Vayrac’s death was an accident during a consensual act and now has ten days to file an appeal.
- Medical experts presented findings consistent with ligature asphyxia, multiple blows and traumatic vaginal hematomas, which contradicted the defendant’s account.
- The avocate générale Émilie Abrantes requested life imprisonment with a 22-year security period, citing post‑crime conduct including burying the body and inventing a fictitious third person, “Noé.”
- The trial, extended by a day to complete pleadings, featured searing testimony from Vayrac’s parents and victim‑centered arguments from the family’s lawyer.