Verdict for accused :
Clifford Brandt, accused of kidnapping and forcible confinement against ransom was sentenced to 15 years of penal labor for abduction and detention of people for ransom penalty to which is added 3 years for criminal conspiracy, a total sentence 18 years of penal labor;
Ricot Pierre-Val, was sentenced to 15 years of penal labor for kidnapping and detention of people in order to obtaining a ransom and 3 years of additional imprisonment for criminal conspiracy, a total sentence of 18 years penal labor;
Carlo Bendel Saint-Fort was sentenced to fifteen years of penal labor for kidnapping and detention of people in order to obtaining a ransom and four years of additional imprisonment for criminal conspiracy is a total sentence of 19 years penal labor;
Carline Richema, Sawadienne Jean and Evince Larrieux were declared not guilty of kidnapping facts, illegal restraint against ransom, complicity and criminal conspiracy and the judge Fanfan, has ordered their immediate release.
Reading of the judgment by Judge Joseph Jeudilien Fanfan :
Note that the sentenced benefit of the Law of 4 December 1893 on prolonged pretrial detention, called Lespinasse law, which deducted from their sentence time served in prison.
Lawyers of the defense have 5 days to appeal these sentences
