Life imprisonment for ex-wife of French serial killer Fourniret
"I'm sorry for everything I've done," said the 75-year-old before the verdict was announced. It was the third trial for the victims of Michel Fourniret, who died in custody in 2021. Olivier had filed for divorce after the couple were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2008.
The judges also imposed a 20-year period of preventive detention. Olivier had made her husband's crimes possible in the first place, the public prosecutor had emphasized in her plea.
In two of the three cases, the bodies of the victims have still not been found. At the beginning of the trial, the accused made a general confession and showed some remorse, but gave no new information about the locations of the victims' remains.
The public prosecutor accused the 75-year-old of instilling confidence in the girls even though she knew that they would be murdered. For example, when she was seven months pregnant, Olivier accompanied her husband in the car so that his victims would not become suspicious and be lured into the car. "Without her, (Fourniret) would not have been able to commit his crimes," said prosecutor Hugues Julié.
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- Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of French serial killer Michel Fourniret, was also found liable for facilitating his crimes by the public prosecutor's office during the trial held in Paris.
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- In the trial held in Paris, it was revealed that Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret, had accompanied him during their marital days, even when he was committing his heinous crimes, demonstrating her liability in the Parisian criminal proceedings.
- The public prosecutor's office in Paris argued that Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, instilled confidence in his victims, knowing they would eventually meet a tragic end, thereby playing a crucial role in enabling his serial killing spree.
- Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of French serial killer Michel Fourniret, was sentenced to a lengthy period of preventive detention in Paris, as the public prosecutor's office held her accountable for aiding and abetting her husband's horrific crimes.
- At the trial in Paris, Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of Michel Fourniret, admitted her guilt and remorse, but declining to provide any information about the whereabouts of his remaining victims appalled the public prosecutor's office in Paris.
- During the third trial for the victims of Michel Fourniret, who died in custody in 2021, the Parisian public prosecutor's office outlined the role of his ex-wife, Monique Olivier, in enabling his crimes, calling for a lifelong prison sentence and preventive detention.
Source: www.stern.de
