Gaston Dominici

Gaston Dominici

The four lawyers who defended him at his trial turn around to offer comfort to 77-year-old Gaston Dominici
after the French farmer had been sentenced to death for the murder of an English family of three.

Gaston Dominici (with the hat) visiting his daughter after his release from prison. He had just spent six
years in prison for the triple murder of an English family on his grounds. He is pictured standing close
to his wife (hidden) and to the left stand his grandchildren and his son Gustave. Gaston Dominici, the
oldest convict in France (83 yrs.), spent his first night as a free man at the home of his daughter
Augusta. He is released from prison, pardonned by the President of the Republic.
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Gaston Dominici walking around his former property in Lurs after a stop at his daughter's in Sainte-Tulle,
on July 15, 1960. Gaston Dominici had just been released from prison, after having spent seven years
there, accused of a triple murder in 1952. Little after his release, he requested the reviewing of his trial.
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Gaston Dominici

Gaston Dominici

Gaston Dominici with his daughter.

French farmer Gaston Dominici near Digne-les-Bains, France 10th August 1962. In 1954 Dominici was convicted
of the 1952 murders of British biochemist Sir Jack Drummond (1891 - 1952), his wife Anne and their 10 year-
old daughter Elizabeth. He was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life imprisonment and he was
later released on humanitarian grounds. His conviction remains controversial.
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