Growth hormone: the prosecution claimed, in writing, convictions

Written by Sandeep Nehra

The appeal trial of the drama of growth hormone came on Monday in its final stretch with a boost exceptional written requisition of the Prosecutor General requesting a week before its closing arguments, the sentencing of defendants.

Very unusual approach of Advocate General Bruno Sturlese not connected in any way an effect of trial proceedings which are sometimes the theater. It has also been well received by the defense as private parties.

This is to feed the “adversarial” to present his “arms” to each party representative of the Prosecutor General has chosen to communicate his analysis of the crimes alleged against the main defendants.

Prior to the start of the arguments plaintiffs, Mr. Sturlese has explained in court why he wanted to “depart from tradition” and make discussions with eleven pages of written requisitions orally defend it next Monday.

November 22 is also the Advocate General will specify the quantum of the sentence it intends to claim against Fernand Dray, 88 years, Elisabeth Mugnier, 61.

For in these writings viewed by AFP, Mr Sturlese believes that both must be convicted of a charge of manslaughter.

Biochemist Fernand Dray, former director of a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute who participated in the development of growth hormone, has “not blocking the pituitary contaminated” but “it has its practical amplified spectrum contamination, “even though he” knew the risk of passing “Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), says Advocate General.

Elisabeth Mugnier, one for the collection of pituitaries in hospital morgues, committed several errors “constitute serious misconduct,” he analysis: mixtures of healthy pituitary and dubious incentives take these glands cranial without medical supervision and without recall of precautionary rules.

The Advocate General also intends to seek the conviction of Mr. Dray’s chief of “aggravated deception”, but the release of Ms. Mugnier prosecuted for complicity in the crime.

Both were acquitted of all offenses in the first trial before the criminal court of Paris in 2008. They challenge has always neglect which they are accused.

The trial court had left a bitter taste to the families of 120 victims died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) since 1991.

Some 1,698 children were in the early 1980s, treatment with growth hormone designed to help them grow. This is because some of the pituitary gland, cranial-used in the manufacture of treatment were infected, that some patients were infected with CJD and the others remain under threat from this incurable disease.

However, at the Intar atypical gesture of Advocate General, the contributions of this appeal trial were significant, noted, over the hearings, the case players.

“These discussions have looked at all loyal”, welcomed Mr Frederick Bibal first civil party lawyers to speak Monday.

“One danger that has to be avoided by the court is to be completely crushed by the tide of pain. It seems to me that the danger had been avoided in the first instance”, he noted, wishing to call the “force of law,” more than “compassion.”

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