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| French Lesbian Run Amock |
| 2005-11-19 |
| The leader of a lesbian gang was jailed for 28 years last night for the murder of a country baker in a robbery described by the prosecution as revealing a clash of cultures between "two kinds of France". The country has been shocked by the killing of Sylvain Bétrix, 22, who was shot dead as he rushed to the aid of his wife when Magali Rossi burst into their bakery in the old Roman town of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, near St Etienne, brandishing a hunting rifle. Rossi got away with just £20 from the till. The prosecuting lawyer, André Merle, contrasted the life of Mr Bétrix, who rose early each day and worked long hours, and those of Rossi and her two accomplices, "who don't work and don't especially look for work". He told the court in St Etienne: "These are two kinds of France colliding with each other. It is for you to say which France we ought to protect and which one we must repress." Rossi, now 34, lived with her lover, Anne-Sophie Royol, 33, Royol's daughter and a third woman, Emilie Després, 22, on unemployment benefits in what the judge called a "ménage àtrois" in Marseilles. Last night's verdict went beyond the demands of the prosecution, which had sought a 25-year sentence for Rossi for theft aggravated by violence leading to death. Royol was jailed for 10 years for complicity and Després for three years, two of them suspended, for destroying evidence. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #10 There are two Frances...John Edwards |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-11-19 10:55 |
| #9 "These are two kinds of France colliding with each other. It is for you to say which France we ought to protect and which one we must repress." I wonder which of the two (baker vs. unemployed supplementing her benefits with armed robbery) the French people, if the verdict had been open to public referenda, would choose? Wonder what the defense was, "solidarity with the unemployed by attacking the class enemy for making an honest living"? |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2005-11-19 10:24 |
| #8 GK - em hooced yn foneecks |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-11-19 10:24 |
| #7 Robbing a bakery. How pathetic is that? No sympathy for these dykes. this is a |
| Posted by: Wholumble Ebbineling6016 2005-11-19 10:08 |
| #6 Robbing a bakery. How pathetic is that? No sympathy for these dykes. |
| Posted by: Unolunter Elmavish9494 2005-11-19 09:59 |
| #5 A case where truth is stranger than fiction. It's pretty sad. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-11-19 09:06 |
| #4 France needs to bring the guillotine back into service. Off with all three of their heads, I say, and try to find a good home for the daughter. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2005-11-19 06:32 |
| #3 Charlize Theron can play this mookess in the movie. Got the Monster thingy down pat. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-19 06:14 |
| #2 Spell checkers can be a bytch, Cap'n. |
| Posted by: GK 2005-11-19 02:57 |
| #1 lesbian gang banger sentenced to wimmins prison for 28 Rossi: oh plz, not the Bastille, I can't stand the pain and pleasure of it all |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-19 02:54 |