Namur : la bourgmestre de Somme-Leuze, Valérie Lecomte, acquittée pour un accident mortel

namur : la bourgmestre de somme-leuze, valérie lecomte, acquittée pour un accident mortel

Namur : la bourgmestre de Somme-Leuze, Valérie Lecomte, acquittée pour un accident mortel

Le tribunal correctionnel de Marche a acquitté jeudi matin la bourgmestre de Somme-Leuze, Valérie Lecomte, du chef de la prévention d’homicide involontaire dont elle devait répondre pour avoir mortellement renversé une piétonne de 84 ans en juillet 2020 à Marche.

Le 16 juillet 2020, la bourgmestre de Somme-Leuze, Valérie Lecomte, renversait accidentellement une dame de 84 ans qui traversait le boulevard urbain de Marche-en-Famenne pour rejoindre sa maison de repos. L’octogénaire est décédée de ses blessures peu de temps après.

Poursuivie pour homicide involontaire, la mandataire somme-leuzienne a toujours soutenu que la piétonne avait surgi du terre-plein central en dehors du passage clouté. Une version contestée tant par le parquet que par les parties civiles, ceux-ci soutenant que la victime se trouvait bel et bien sur le passage piéton au moment de l’impact.

Aucune autre faute n’ayant été retenue dans le chef de la bourgmestre, tout l’enjeu du procès consistait à déterminer si la victime se trouvait sur le passage piéton, et donc si elle constituait un obstacle prévisible pour l’automobiliste.

Déclarée coupable par le tribunal de police de Marche en octobre 2021 et condamnée à quatre mois de prison, dont un mois ferme, Valérie Lecomte, défendue par l’avocat Alexandre Wilmotte, a interjeté appel de ce premier jugement. Une expertise judiciaire a alors été mandatée par le tribunal correctionnel, le parquet n’ayant à l’époque des faits mandaté aucun expert. Mais celle-ci n’a pas permis de départager les deux hypothèses. « L’allégation de la prévenue selon laquelle elle a été confrontée à un obstacle imprévisible n’est pas dénuée de vraisemblance », peut-on lire dans le jugement prononcé jeudi à Marche, à travers lequel le tribunal correctionnel en charge de l’appel acquitte la bourgmestre de Somme-Leuze.

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