Lawyer: ‘Marc Dutroux is depressed, he is on the edge of the abyss’ | Abroad

Sudinfo reports that. Last year, psychiatric experts judged that even after 24 years in prison, Dutroux still had “the highest risk of reoffending.” “Only a strict and closed framework allows to limit the danger that Marc Dutroux poses to society,” concluded the 90-page report. Shortly after, Dutroux withdrew his request for early release – something he had been fighting for for years.

In fact, he has completely given up hope of ever being released early, his lawyer says. “Since the report, he has been depressed. He’s really not doing well. He is on the brink of collapse.”

Dutroux is still in an isolation regime in Nivelles prison. “He does call me several times a week,” Dayez said. “I feel like I’m doing psychological support. I’ll make it, but it’s not easy. All I can say is that his mental state is deteriorating.”

Kidnapping, kidnapping, rape and murder

Dutroux was sentenced to life in prison in June 2004 for kidnapping, kidnapping, rape and murder. In practice, life imprisonment in Belgium amounts to thirty years. In this case, a convicted person must have served two-thirds of his sentence to be eligible for parole and meet all kinds of conditions. Dutroux has been incarcerated for 24 years now.

Kidnapped Laetitia Delhez and Sabine Dardenne were discovered in Dutroux’s house in August 1996. It soon turned out that he was also responsible for the kidnapping of four other girls. They were found dead. All six victims have been sexually assaulted.

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