The Brussels public prosecutor gives the green light for the psychiatric expertise of Marc Dutroux

A decision that could pave the way for his parole. On Thursday, the Brussels public prosecutor's office issued a "favorable opinion" for a new psychiatric report
criminal Marc Dutroux, announced a judicial source.

The decision of the Sentence Enforcement Court (TAP) on this request for expert opinion made by its lawyers will be rendered on October 28th.

"True psychopath", "narcissistic pervert" and "manipulator"

Marc Dutroux, who turns 63 in November, was sentenced in 2004 to life imprisonment for abduction, kidnapping and rape of six girls and girls in 1995 and 1996, as well as for the deaths of four of them. they, two murdered and two starving. His mental health has not been the subject of any expertise since his appearance fifteen years ago before the Assize Court of Arlon, where he had been described as
a "true psychopath", "perverse narcissist" and "manipulator".

His lawyer Bruno Dayez, who took over the case in 2016, wants his mental state and the risk of reoffending are again evaluated by a panel of experts. He inscribes the approach in the perspective of a conditional release that he wishes to obtain for his client by 2021, after 25 years of detention.

Three experts and reports from the psychosocial service of the prison

This request for expertise was submitted to TAP, which examined it on Thursday morning in camera. The court had exceptionally moved to Nivelles prison (south) where Marc Dutroux is incarcerated. At the hearing "the prosecution issued a favorable opinion" at the request of the defense, said Willemien Baert, spokesman of the prosecution. TAP Judges will make their decision publicly on October 28th at 1:00 pm (11:00 GMT) at the Courthouse.
Brussels, according to the registry of the court.

According to Mr. Dayez, three medical experts could be appointed to examine Marc Dutroux. Their work, said the lawyer, would be added to the expected reports of the psychosocial service of the Nivelles Prison and the Brussels Support Center, an organization specializing in the monitoring of sex offenders. At the 2004 trial, a psychiatrist who examined Marc Dutroux described him as one of the two or three worst psychopaths he had ever met.