Zailo de Fornier

Zailo de Fornier
Zailo de Fornier, 1972
Born	Zailo Ricard de Fornier October 28th, 1942 Fjorda de Rivera, Inyursta
Died	December 17th, 2009 San Casino, Inyursta
Other names
Conviction(s)	Animal Cruelty 1st Degree Murder of a Domestic Animal
Criminal penalty	8 years with parole

Zailo Ricard de Fornier,

Legal Cases

Fornier vs L'Estat de Marindino Sud (1976)

In 1976 the state of Marindino Sud passed a law banning satanic cults. Zailo Fornier sued the state almost immediately, and his case was taken up by Omar Uribe - who would later become Fornier's long-time layer. Fornier claimed the law violated his right to freely practice his religion. The case would eventually make it to the Inyurstan Supreme Court; who ruled in favor of Fornier and struck down Marindino Sud's law as unconstitutional. However, the court noted that while religion is protected, actions are not and cautioned Fornier against acting out some of the acts his beliefs advocated.

L'Estat de Marindino Centrele vs Fornier

The Inyurstan authorities would finally get their clean shot over Fornier in the fall of 1991. It would come not in his home state of Marindino Sud, but across the border in Marindino Centrèle. Fornier and his followers purchased four goats and six chickens from a livestock breeder for a coming Le Crésto ritual. Unbeknownst to Fornier, the chickens had actually been microchipped as part of an ongoing investigation into chicken fighting. Additional animals, including a boa, three caimans and a white dove had also been purchased for sacrifice elsewhere, but these animals were not microchipped. Believing they had cracked a ring of chicken fighters, crossing state lines, the authorities closed in. The actual "bust" was handled by Inyurstan National Police.

In typical fashion, Zailo Fornier was not physical present while the crime was being committed. However, in exchange for a plea deal two of his "initiates" testified against him, and because his money had been used to buy the animals; he was charged with animal cruelty and premeditated murder of a domestic animal. In 1992 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 4.

Legacy

Omar Uribe would later write a book, aptly titled "Devil's Advocate: Defending Inyursta's Infamous Brujeria" in which he describes..