Four and a half years after the quadruple murder of the Troadec family, Hubert Caouissin and Lydie Troadec appeared this Tuesday, June 22 and for three weeks before the Loire-Atlantique Assize Court.
Hubert Caouissin, the culture of secrecy
On this first day of trial, the question of Karine Laborde, the president of the Assize Court, is clear and clear: “Do you admit having deliberately killed Pascal, Brigitte, Charlotte and Sébastien Troadec?” “ Hubert Caouissin, boiler-making technician at the Brest Arsenal, is as firm as it is laconic: it is « non » . In other words, this man, now 50 years old, still maintains that it was a fight that went wrong, that night of February 16 to 17, 2017 in Orvault.
A few moments earlier, Karine Laborde asked him where he was living at the time of the events. The accused responds « Plouguerneau » , this town that he and Lydie had left to move to a farm in Pont-de-Buis, further south in Finistère, which they hid the purchase from their family and entourage. As if this culture of secrecy was always a reflex. While it is the place of horror, known to all.
Lydie Troadec collapses
Her tone of voice is that of a teenager, sometimes even a child. The tone contrasts with the seriousness of the facts. Lydie Troadec, who is accused of concealing corpses, answers questions with a kind of modesty.
At the request of the president, she talks about her relationship with Hubert Caouissin, whom she met in 2009, a man then “Sparkling”. She was submissive to him, she confides lip service. In all his answers, the grip sweats.
Under the fire of questions, she finally collapsed: “I didn’t think Hubert was that bad. I did not see anything. “ She breathes, in a sob: ” I feel guilty. “
Gold, this “legend”
Lydie Troadec believed in it. For years. And well after the drama. Renee, her mother, had told her. Hubert, his companion, was certain: Pascal Troadec had got his hands on a family nest egg, gold bars, which no one has ever seen. A supposed spoliation which made Hubert Caouissin mad with jealousy. In the box, Lydie Troadec whispers: “For a year and a half, I think that gold has never existed. “ How did this lightning come to him? “Thanks to the media. “
Family
The mother, Renée, secretary? “A handicapped person of feelings” , said Lydie. The father, Pierre, itinerant trader, died in 2009? “Misogynistic and violent. ” All three, according to him, suffered his blows. She adds : “In my family we do not especially say that we love each other. “
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