The husband of one of the victims of the double feminicide which took place on Friday near Alès was indicted and remanded in custody this Sunday. He is a 39 year old man.
A 39-year-old man was charged and jailed on Sunday after turning himself in to police for the murders of his wife and sister-in-law amid, he said, a contentious separation, announcing the Nîmes public prosecutor’s office.
Initially opened to the Alès public prosecutor’s office, the investigation was taken over by the Nîmes public prosecutor’s office, which opened a judicial investigation and gave details of the course of the events in Salles-du-Gardon on Friday afternoon.
A handrail dropped by one of the victims
Married since December 2020, mother of a 10 month old baby, one of the victims, aged 26, had decided to separate a few months ago from the respondent and had filed a handrail in December “to report that she was leaving the marital home of Cavaillon (Vaucluse), while fearing that the father would take the child to Morocco “where he is from, explains the prosecutor of Nîmes Cécile Gensac in a press release.
Friday, at the home that the young woman had occupied for only a few days near Alès, the man first argued violently with his sister-in-law, 39, reproaching her for her supposed “influence” and putting ” several lethal stab wounds”. He then attacked his wife, hitting her in the throat causing her death, details the prosecution.
A “significant dispute” with his in-laws
In intervention at home and witness to the tragedy, a beautician was summoned by the individual to accompany him to the police station in Alès. On the way, he explained that he had a “significant dispute” with his in-laws, according to the prosecution, which specifies that the investigation will endeavor to verify all “statements and arguments”.
In an irregular situation, “the individual was administratively obliged to leave the national territory by the prefectures of Drôme and Vaucluse in 2019 and May 2022”, adds the prosecution.
No criminal proceedings for domestic violence were in progress and he has no known criminal record on this subject in France.
The number of feminicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, according to the latest figures available from the Ministry of the Interior.
3919: the telephone number for women victims of violence
The “3919”, “Violence Femmes Info”, is the national reference number for women victims of violence (conjugal, sexual, psychological, forced marriages, sexual mutilation, harassment…). It’s free and anonymous. It offers listening, informs and directs towards support and support systems. This number is managed by the National Women’s Solidarity Federation (FNSF).
