A 40 year old man beat his ex-wife’s four-year-old son, Matheo to death after his ex wife, Yasmine, told him the child wasn’t his. Jean-Charles Artaban killed the boy he thought was his son before decapitating him, feeding the head to dogs and then setting the remaining parts of his body on fire.
That was the scene that emergency services discovered upon arriving at Artaban’s house, after Yasmine had called them in a panicked voice to beg them to save her son. Artaban had reportedly taken cannabis, called ‘zamal’ in the local creole dialect, on the evening of the horrible events which took place on Jean Robert Street in Beaulieu in Saint-Benoit, on 17th June 2013.
During Police interrogation after his arrest, Artaban said he didn’t remember what happened that night. He said he remembered beating Yasmine after she told him Matheo wasn’t his and he said he remembered she ran away and left the boy behind but that was all he remembered.
He was found guilty of murder, acts of torture, and barbarity and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This is the first time a life sentence has been handed down in the French island of Reunion, off the coast of Madagascar, since 2003. According to psychiatric experts, Jean-Charles is incapable of �
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showing any regret or any empathy”
and throughout the two-day trial he simply remained still and unmoved in the dock.
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Posted: at 4-05-2016 02:16 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Powerfulify at 4-05-2016 02:30 PM (9 years ago) (m)
What's life sentence, firing squad straight.
Posted: at 4-05-2016 02:30 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
ngfineface at 4-05-2016 03:26 PM (9 years ago) (f)
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
Posted: at 4-05-2016 03:26 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
AmazingMarie at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
haaaa
Posted: at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
AmazingMarie at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
Posted: at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
AmazingMarie at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
Posted: at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
AmazingMarie at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
haaaa
Posted: at 4-05-2016 08:24 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 5-05-2016 12:04 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
you are toooooooo gentle for my person, he should be in prison filled with cockroaches
Posted: at 5-05-2016 12:04 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 5-05-2016 12:04 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: ngfineface on 4-05-2016 03:26 PM
The judge should temper justice with mercy by putting him in Gay prison for 100 years. If he knows what it takes to have a child, he wouldn't have messed up. Swine!
you are toooooooo gentle for my person, he should be in prison filled with cockroaches
Posted: at 5-05-2016 12:04 AM (9 years ago) | Hero