Nordahl Lelandais became the father of a little boy in prison: what we know about the paternity of the inmate

L'enfant dont Nodahl Lelandais est devenu père aurait été conçu en décembre 2022 dans une Unité de vie familiale. CROQUIS MARIE WILLIAMS

Sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Corporal Arthur Noyer and little Maëlys, Nordhal Lelandais had a little boy with his partner two months ago.

While he has been behind bars since 2017, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Corporal Arthur Noyer and little Maëlys, as well as one year in prison. ;#39;imprisonment for the sexual assault of his little cousin, Nordahl Lelandais became a father in prison, revealed this Friday, January 12 Le Parisien. News that Arthur Noyer's parents received with astonishment and disgust. 

According to information from RTL, the child would have been conceived in December 2022 in a Family Life Unit – a sort of small apartment made available to prisoners – of the prison in which he is incarcerated in Ensisheim, in Bas-Rhin. The child would be a little boy, now two months old. 

"Not just a crush"

Concerning the mother of the child, it would be a woman with whom Nordahl Lelandais maintained "an epistolary relationship", reports Figaro "a well-informed source". "After the letters, there were visits. And feelings were born,” continues this source, assuring that it was not “just a crush.” "She’is a woman who has a life", we add soberly, without specifying whether she is also detained or not.

Furthermore, the inmate would have experienced "several romantic relationships" since his incarceration, women having taken the initiative to write to him in prison.

The former dog handler cannot hope for an adjustment of his sentence, and a possible conditional release, before the expiration of the 22-year security measure to which he was sentenced, i.e. in 2039. He will then be 56 years old and his son 15 years old.