MOUGINS — 1991 · Murder
"Omar m'a tuer" — The Ghislaine Marchal Case
Wealthy widow Ghislaine Marchal was found murdered in the cellar of her villa in Mougins in June 1991. The words 'Omar m'a tuer', grammatically incorrect, had been written in blood on a door at the scene. The villa's Moroccan gardener, Omar Raddad, was sentenced to 18 years in 1994, but who wrote the words and the shortcomings of the investigation provoked fierce debate in France. At the request of the King of Morocco, President Chirac granted a partial pardon in 1996 and Raddad was released in 1998. Years later, DNA traces of unknown men were found on evidence from the scene; even so, a request for a retrial was rejected for a second time in 2022. Raddad continues to maintain his innocence.
- Date
- 1991
- Place
- Alpes-Maritimes, France, Mougins, FR
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 43.6000, 6.9950 ↗
Timeline of Events
- June 1991Ghislaine Marchal was found dead at her villa in Mougins.
- February 1994The gardener was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
- 1996President Chirac granted a partial pardon.
- September 1998Raddad was released.
- 13 October 2022A retrial request was rejected for the second time.
Sources
- Le Monde — La demande de révision d'Omar Raddad rejetée pour la deuxième fois lemonde.fr ↗
- Le Parisien — Sa deuxième requête en révision rejetée leparisien.fr ↗
- Le Monde (arşiv) — Omar Raddad a été libéré, 1998 lemonde.fr ↗
- Wikipedia (FR) — Affaire Omar Raddad fr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Le Monde
- Le Parisien
- Wikipedia
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