Belgium : an accomplice of Marc Dutroux released under conditions

Michel Lelievre, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Dutroux case, will be able to get out of prison as soon as it will find a home.

The belgian justice has on Monday granted a parole to an accomplice of Marc Dutroux, who was sentenced in 2004 to 25 years in prison for his involvement in the abduction and confinement of several victims of the pedophile.

Michel Lelièvre, who had obtained permission to release in 2013, will be able to leave his prison cell only if it finds a slot within a period of six months. "Otherwise, the judgment will not be enforceable and the conditional release of Mr Lelièvre will cease to produce its effects", said the Brussels prosecutor's office in a press release, recalling that he had issued a "negative opinion" on this measure.

"man"

the decision of The court for the enforcement of sentences of Brussels requires him to comply with the a total of a dozen conditions, including those undertaking training and/or work, and compensate the civil parties, according to the French-language channel RTBF. This man, now aged 48, had been arrested in 1996 at the same time that Marc Dutroux and Michelle Martin, who at the time was the girlfriend of the paedophile. Imprisoned at the prison of Ittre, he was eligible for electronic monitoring and parole since 2005.

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Considered to be "the man" of Dutroux, Lelievre, was sentenced for his involvement in the abduction in 1995 on the belgian coast, of an and Eefje. These are two of the four girls found dead a year later in the properties of that which is considered to be one of the worst criminals in history in Belgium. The assize court of Arlon in 2004 has also considered that Michel Lelièvre had helped Marc Dutroux in the kidnapping of Laetitia and Sabine, who, they, will be found alive in August 1996, walled up in a house in Charleroi.

A release of Dutroux in 2021 ?

Among the three men, Michel Lelievre is the second to obtain a measure of parole. Michelle Martin, was sentenced to 30 years old, had been released on conditions in 2012, sparking many demonstrations of hostility in Belgium.

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The main protagonist of the folder, sentenced him to life imprisonment, is still imprisoned at the prison of Nivelles. His lawyers are seeking his release on parole by 2021, upon the expiration of its 25-year prison sentence.