Death of Alaïs in Montpellier: criminal sentences lower than the requisitions for the two accused

Priscilla Humbert, 33, and Driss Nader, 29, appeared free at the assizes. FREE MIDI – Aline Champsaur

The young 19-year-old prostitute was beaten to death in an apartment rented in Airbnb on February 10, 2020 near Montpellier station by a pimp, who committed suicide in prison, a week before the Opening of the trial before the Assize Court of Hérault.

The Assize Court of Hérault sentenced this Friday, March 29, to sentences lower than the requisitions, the two accused tried for having participated in the violent death of Alaïs Ragot, a 19-year-old young woman who prostituted herself in an apartment rented as an Airbnb near Montpellier train station, where she was beaten to death on February 10, 2020 by a pimp from Béziers, Quentin Robert, who committed suicide. rsquo;committed suicide in prison a week before the start of his trial.

Both faced life imprisonment

Driss Nader, a 29-year-old from Biterrois, who had accompanied Quentin Robert to Alaïs's apartment, hooded and armed, to keep the two men present there during the crime at bay, was sentenced to 20 years . Attorney General Violaine Jardel had previously requested a sentence of 25 years against him, while the two accused, prosecuted for violent extortion followed by death, would face life imprisonment.

"I would have liked to ask forgiveness from Alaïs’s family but I think it would be unbearable for them at the time ;rsquo;hear" said the accused, defended by Me Jean-Baptiste Mousset, before the court and the jurors retired to deliberate.< /p>

Priscilla Humbert, 33 years old, a mother from Béziers who had driven the two men to Montpellier, knowing that they were going to attack a prostitute for stealing her money, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The public prosecutor had asked for twelve years against her.

"Even though it’s unforgivable, I want to ask forgiveness from Alaïs's family"< /em>, had repeated at the end of the trial this young woman who also appeared free, and was defended by Me Mathieu Montfort.