The mother of a two-year-old child, who died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Marseille, as well as her companion were indicted, among other things for acts of torture and barbarism, and were imprisoned, we learned on Friday 21 February with the prosecution. The man was also charged with " intentional homicide ".
The little boy was discovered by the firefighters in a " serious condition following the call for help from the mother's companion ", explained in a press release to AFP, the prosecutor of Marseille Dominique Laurens. He died " very quickly despite the intervention of the emergency services ".
The man told firefighters that " the child fell on the stairs, a version which was completely incompatible with injuries to various parts of his body, " according to the prosecution. The autopsy revealed that the child died from beatings and that he also had cigarette burns, according to a source close to the investigation. He had already been hospitalized several times, adds the same source.
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Judicial information was opened Thursday against the companion of the mother of the child, born in 1994, of the head of “ voluntary homicide on minor ” and “ acts of torture and barbarism by ascendant or person having authority ” . The mother, in her twenties, was also indicted for " acts of torture and barbarism " by ascendant or person in authority. According to a source close to the investigation, the mother admitted having witnessed the beatings and said that she herself was the victim of violence. The family had recently arrived from Spain.
According to estimates probably below the reality, a child dies every five days as a result of domestic violence in France.