Final chapter forNeko case. The Paris Court of Appeal acquitted the SNCF on Friday, November 8, according to information from France Bleu Gironde. The judgment was handed down almost two years after the event. On January 2, 2023, Georgia and her daughter Melaïna were on their way to Bordeaux. Accompanied by their 4-year-old cat Neko, they were waiting for their train to depart from the Montparnasse station in Paris when the feline escaped from his bag to take refuge under a train. Despite the pleas of the mother and daughter, the ticket inspectors did not see fit to delay the train to retrieve the animal. A few minutes later, Neko died, severed by the wheels of a train carriage before the eyes of his two mistresses.

The case had raised and the mother organized a rally outside Bordeaux station to denounce the SNCF’s inaction. The 30 millions d’amis foundation, along with some fifteen other animal protection associations, also lodged a complaint. Condemned by the Paris Police Court to pay damages in July 2023, the rail group appealed.

The company was therefore tried again on September 27, 2024, before the Paris Court of Appeal. Despite the pleadings of the two plaintiffs’ lawyers, the public prosecutor’s office asked for the case to be dismissed.“it was not possible to recover Neko, and the departure of the train did not mean the animal’s death. The Court of Appeal followed these recommendations.