Seine-Saint-Denis: a woman killed by her ex-companion

The 104th Femicide of the Year took place at Epinay-on the Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis) at the foot of a tower. Friday, November 26, a 44-year-old woman, mother of two, returns home when she meets her ex-husband on her way. He stabs her several times in the abdomen, throws his knife in a bush, flees and then goes to the police station. The victim’s family, met on Saturday morning, is torn between pain and incomprehension. She did not know that the ex-husband, in prison for domestic violence, had been released.

On June 10, this spouse violent is imprisoned and then sentenced to six months in prison. Thanks to a reduced sentence, he was released on October 1. A few days later, the victim uses his emergency phone, as the man was near his home. His stay is revoked. He was sentenced to two months in prison before receiving a further reduction in sentence. It comes out on November 17th. No one is notified, not even the police. The Alliance Police union national Talk about “fault in the system”. The feminist collective “We all” calls for better monitoring of the aggressors after their release. The suspect faces life imprisonment.