Mexico - Court cuts Frenchwoman's sentence
March 05, 2009
Mexico's Supreme Court has cut the sentence of a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping from 96 to 60 years.
The federal Judicial Council said in an announcement Tuesday that the court trimmed the sentence because it absolved Florence Cassez of one of the four kidnappings she was convicted of in 2008.
The decision came a week before French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Mexico.
Cassez' French lawyer, Franck Berton, said yesterday the trial was not fair and denounced the sentence as "arbitrary".
Eight-year-old abducted
"The cards are now in the hands of the Elysee," he said, referring to the French presidential palace.
Cassez was arrested in late 2005 when police raided a house on the outskirts of Mexico City where three people had been held for more than two months. Among them was an eight-year-old girl....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
