Marina: note that accuses social services

Marina: note that accuses the social services (ASE)

June 19, 2012 by lagazettedeputeaux

Marina: note that accuses social services

Pascale Égré

Force blows repeated for six years, Marina, the child the "bent finger", sparse hair and "Duck" approach, has changed its face. | (DR.)

It is a "comments" note signed Cabinet Szpiner, lawyer of the association the voice of the child, addressed in June 2011 to the investigating judge in charge of the case of Marina, 8 years old, child-martyr who died in August 2009. A year later, this document is in addition to the trial of the parents of the girl, Virginia Darras and Eric Sabatier, jugéspour "acts of torture and barbarity" by the foundation of the Sarthe since 11 June.

Argued on six pages, point the responsibility of social assistance to children (ASE) of the General Council of Sarthe, service including "the prevention of situations of danger to minors."

"The responsibility of the President of the General Council must be sought."

"The investigation has allowed to show that social services are guilty of breaches graveset that effective action on their part would have been able to prevent this tragedy", turns the Board of this association, one of the four civil parties today. And make this vow to remain without any further: "the responsibility of the President of the General Council must be sought for non-assistance to endangered".

"The risk was real" and "could not be ignored by the President of the General Council", stressed note, showing the chronology of the various alerts. Reporting to the Prosecutor's Office of summer 2008, supported five pages, where former teachers of Marina had recorded marks on the child, has been classified without suite in October.

"The danger was imminent."

On two occasions, in June and September, 2008, ESA is informed and prevents the PMI. Two months later, other teachers alarmed by his injuries continue to pull the alarm signal. "The danger was imminent," continues the note, recalling that "the next day" admission of Marina in le Mans April 27, 2009 for serious injuries at the foot, his teacher had alerted the General Council. «(L'enfant) regularly complains of headaches, stomach and bulimic behavior of food, was Professor in this mail (…). " Marina said physical violence on 16 March: "I don't know what she has MOM this morning, but she tapped me." "The next day:"Mama me was still typed this morning"", reported.

The child welfare (ASE) has no reaction

On 6 may, ESA responds that it is facing a "point on the status of Marina and likely to be made to its famille.» help. On 26 May, ESA receives a letter from the Hospital of le Mans. It is mentioned that the child had to his admission "clinical signs, skin lesions or bone lesions may be secondary to abuse or negligence. "ESA had several times the opportunity to respond." "The President of the General Council should withdraw its family environment Marina", strikes the note of cabinet Szpiner. In June 2009, mail exchanges and visits of social workers at the home of Marina have no further. The Prosecutor's Office is not always entered.

"The 10 and August 11, 2009, the individuals of the child welfare service continued (…)". "to Exchange mails. August 19, new visit from a social worker with the parents: "Marina could not be met, it was a party for the day in a park in the Paris region with his brother," she wrote in his report. The girl, whose body will be recovered on September 9, 2009, sealed in a box, is probably already dead. She would have died, according to the pleas of the torturer couple, on the night of 6 August 7.

"It has made our work in our missions legislative and regulatory framework", is are justified, Monday before the Assize Court where they were testifying, social services officers. Just before the trial, revealed West-France, in a note of support in their regard, the President of the General Council of the Sarthe, Jean-Marie Gevaux, reassured his troops in almost identical terms: "professionals acted as they had to do so in such cases, frameworks of the Act".