Fabrice Burgaud

Fabrice Burgaud (born October 23, 1971), is a French magistrate, best known for presiding over the Outreau trial in 2004. On February 8, 2006, Burgaud appeared before the members of the French Parliament in a review of his actions as magistrate during that trial.[1]

Fabrice Burgaud
BornOctober 23rd 1971
Niort (France)
NationalityFrench
EducationInstitut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
OccupationMagistrate

The event was covered by several French television channels (including TF1, France 2 and La Chaîne Parlementaire) and was also reported by various radio stations. Burgaud was quoted as saying : “Today, maybe more than any other, I can feel the pain [of the acquitted men, of whom some were present during the audition], imagine what they have experienced, their imprisonment, the separation from their loved ones, their integrity put into question… I take full responsibility for the investigation and I do not wish to hide from any of that responsibility”.[2]

He told the parliamentary inquiry that he “was honest and entirely unprejudiced in his judgement.” He cited as evidence the disturbing nature of the children's testimonies, which referred to details of terrible abuse.[3]

Bibliography
  • Patrick Maisonneuve (2015), Justice et politique : le couple infernal (in French), Plon
  • Florence Aubenas (2005), La Méprise : l'affaire d'Outreau (in French), Paris, éditions du Seuil, "H. C. Essais"
  • Father Dominique Wiel (2006), Que Dieu ait pitié de nous (in French), Paris, Oh! éditions
  • Marie-Christine Gryson-Dejehansart (2009), Outreau : la vérité abusée, 12 enfants reconnus victimes (in French), Paris, Hugo & Co.
  • Jacques Thomet (2013), Retour à Outreau, Kontre-Kulture

Filmography
  • Rémi Lainé (2011), Outreau, notre histoire (in French), documentary
  • Vincent Garenq (2011), Guilty
  • Serge Garde (2013), Outreau, l'autre vérité (in French), documentary

See also

References
  1. Resume of his implication in the article of Le Figaro "Outreau, le séisme qui aurait dû bouleverser la justice" (in French), written by Julien Licourt
  2. Le Temps (in French)
  3. Return on his role in this article from Le Monde, "Quand Fabrice Burgaud 'pensait détenir la vérité'" (in French), written by Yves Bordenave and Jacques Follorou
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