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Montmagny: tried for hitting his ex's companion with a butcher's knife

2021-03-25T05:16:45.375Z


Since Tuesday, Mehdi B. appears at the assizes for attempted murder on Joël, who lived with his former partner. Their break was


“He humiliated me.

He stung my wife.

He insulted me.

Mehdi B., 33, had never accepted the break with Estelle, which however dated back six years.

After harassing her for years, he waited for her on Christmas Eve 2018, in front of his father's pavilion in Montmagny, a butcher's knife in his hand.

He then stabbed several times at the companion of his ex and father of their little girl, a gesture which led him to respond since Tuesday to attempted murder in front of the Assize Court of Val-d'Oise.

He says he just wanted to "give her scars"

On the evening of the incident, Joël, 31, had been close to death, hit by three stab wounds to the forehead, behind the neck and near the carotid artery.

It was a few millimeters away.

In addition to the scars on his face, he was also seriously injured in the left hand for grabbing the blade of the knife to ward off further blows.

“It was to scare him.

It was not to kill him, ”assured this Wednesday, at the Assize Court, Mehdi B. He had had a relationship with the young woman for nine years, before the latter, who had known him to 16 years old, put an end to it and founds a home with Joël.

They now have two daughters.

The humiliation of being replaced

“I would like to apologize.

I sincerely regret what I did ”, begins the accused.

“It was to see her again, tell her to come back with me.

Win it back.

I found her with her lover… ”According to him, Joël, who nevertheless carried his little girl in his arms, would have pushed him away.

“I didn't like it.

I was afraid of him.

I took out my knife.

"

His only goal, he adds, was to give him "scars."

“I wanted to prick him lightly.

On the cheek.

Then a line here on the forehead.

I had finished.

That's what happened.

It is not an attempted murder.

If I had wanted to plant it in the stomach, nothing prevented me.

"

"I was in superhero mode to protect my daughter"

"What about the wound in the back of the neck?"

»Notes the president.

"It wasn't me who made it!"

It may have happened when he gave me the arm lock… ”, argues Mehdi B.“ Are you telling us that the victim made a 10 cm wound on his own? behind the head ?

»Resumed the president.

" It is not me.

Faced with questions, the accused ended up admitting "having messed around in a moment of weakness", ending up by letting go "to have felt humiliated".

The humiliation of being replaced, of no longer owning his ex, seems to have been the driving force behind his actions.

Death, Joël is well aware of having seen it very closely.

He remembers the "inhuman and dark" look of his attacker, the first blow to the forehead, without seeing the weapon, while he is carrying his child.

At the stand, the victim explains having placed his daughter on the hood of the car, turning her back to her for a few moments, before facing her again.

“When I saw the knife shining in the sky, I thought I was going to die.

"

"It has an impact on my whole life, personal and professional", laments the victim

He evokes the adrenaline rush, the stab wounds he doesn't feel, only preoccupied with saving his daughter.

“I was in superhero mode to protect her.

I faced so he wouldn't touch her.

Ready to give my life.

He engages in a clinch with the aggressor, grasps the blade with full hand, holds it "with the bone of the thumb" to avoid further blows, then with the help of his stepfather, his companion and her aunt, he manages to get out, leaving a pool of blood in place.

"It has an impact on my whole life, personal and professional," says the victim at the helm, his left arm still bandaged.

His position of responsibility within a large DIY brand escapes him.

He resigned himself to administrative tasks.

“I can no longer wear anything, nor work outside.

If it's 5 ° outside, I'll hold on for a few minutes.

I still see the physiotherapist three a week today… ”

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Source: leparis

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