French serial killer magistrates in negligence probe

Four former investigating magistrates, facing allegations of negligence because a serial killer slipped through the cracks of France’s justice system, faced a disciplinary panel today.

A report by the High Judicial Council alleges the magistrates failed their duties in the case of Emile Louis, a former bus driver who in 2000 admitted to killing seven mentally handicapped women in eastern France in the late 1970s.