Could a new homicide of a woman by her ex-spouse have been avoided?
This is the question asked by the brother of Nathalie D., kidnapped and then brutally murdered with knives by Jérôme T., his ex-spouse, on May 27, 2019 in Lille.
Nathalie, 47, mother of two children, could not escape her murderer, despite several reports to the police, reports BFMTV.
Between February and May 2019, the victim files three handrails and a complaint in the same Lille police station.
She reports harassment and death threats from her ex-spouse.
However, "
no measure has been taken to protect her,
" according to the lawyer for the victim's brother, Maître Isabelle Steyer.
Nicolas D. therefore decided to file a complaint against the police, to “
have answers.
"
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Almost two years after the death of his sister, Nicolas D. remains in the dark.
The murderer of his sister was never summoned by the police until committing the irreparable on May 27, 2019. Yet the man's attitude could cause concern.
Jérôme T., 53, owner of laundry companies in the Lille metropolitan area, is known to the police and the courts.
According to lawyer Isabelle Steyer, he is deemed "
impulsive,
"
angry
"and"
manipulative.
"
The crime would arise from a conflictual separation.
“
Nathalie discovered in the summer of 2018 that Jérôme T. had already served time in prison and was accused of insurance fraud
,” says the
Figaro
Me Isabelle Steyer.
After several attempts, she ends up leaving him on February 3, 2019. According to her brother Nicolas, the ex-spouse begins to threaten her: “
You will not leave me.
If you leave me, I'll kill you
, ”he told her.
It doesn't stop there.
The man stalks and harasses her.
He has her watched by "
men from the Roma community
" at his workplace, according to the family lawyer.
“
Terrorized, my sister went through hell.
», Declares Nicolas D.
Four handrails and a complaint
According to her relatives Nathalie lived in "
permanent fear
" until her assassination.
On February 11, 2019, she deposited a first handrail at the Lille police station.
Her ex-partner warned her: he intends to "
go home by any means.
"On March 5, in a second handrail, she explains to the police that this time,"
he took action.
»«
Jérôme T.
followed her to the parking lot of the bank where she works.
She pushed him away as he entered the elevator,
”explains his brother Nicolas.
The forty-something feels less and less secure.
On March 9, she filed a complaint at the same police station.
She explains to the police that her ex-companion confided to third parties "
his will to kidnap and kill her."
He also explained to them the "
macabre
"
scenario
he imagined for her.
“
Nathalie knew before his death that Jérôme T. had premeditated his passage to the act.
During an internment in psychiatry, this notorious crook expressed his desire to throw her in a car trunk, in order to put a 'pressure stroke' on her.
He also mentioned the possibility of 'stopping it',
”details in
Figaro
Me Isabelle Steyer, who cites the victim's reports.
On May 22, 2019, the Lille police station summons her: Nathalie D. is the subject of a complaint from her ex-spouse who accuses her of having stolen two of her phones.
“
It’s amazing.
The attacker was listened to more by the police, unlike this woman without a criminal record
, denounces Me Isabelle Steyer.
The same day, the police refused to file a new complaint, requested by Nathalie.
She is forced to drop a simple handrail.
“
My sister had however presented new elements: flat tire, hacking of her Facebook account.
She was really in danger, ”
laments her brother.
Five days later, Nathalie was kidnapped early in the morning of May 27, by Jérôme T. and his three henchmen in broad daylight at his workplace.
A witness to the kidnapping warns the police.
A team goes to the scene, but without an answer at the door, turns around.
Her brother points to a lack of responsiveness: “
My sequestered sister was perhaps still alive at that time.
Her body mutilated with a cutter was discovered a few hours later in the bathtub at her ex-spouse's home.
"Malfunctions"
The murderer and his three accomplices are in pre-trial detention and indicted.
In
Le Figaro
, the lawyer Isabelle Steyer evokes an "
extraordinary
" case and "
dysfunctions
" of support by the police.
“
His complaint was not considered a priority.
No protective measures have been put in place, despite his requests.
My sister was never considered a victim
”, regrets her brother bitterly.
Nicolas D. also ensures not to be inhabited by “
a feeling of revenge, nor wanting to hold an anti-police speech.
"By his complaint, he hopes to put an end to"
an inertia of the institutions.
"
Contacted by Le
Figaro
, the Lille prosecutor's office to date rejects any responsibility.
“
The complaint made to the Lille police station on March 9, 2019 for indirect death threats, had not been brought to the attention of the prosecution.
On the judicial level, it was not entrusted with an investigation to the IGPN.
On the other hand, an administrative investigation was carried out.
"
