Gunshot wounds in Metz, eighth floor jetty in Colmar: these women had already lodged a complaint

A few days after the feminicides of Mérignac and Hayange, which revealed flaws in the monitoring of violent spouses, two new cases are likely to hit the headlines once again.

According to our information, the 47-year-old man who shot his ex-girlfriend on Thursday afternoon in the street in Metz before attempting to commit suicide, was already known for domestic violence and harassment.

Indeed, his wife, with whom this violent husband was in the process of divorce and body separated, had filed a complaint on May 19 for "harassment".

In particular, she said that her husband was circling around her home in an urgent manner, uttering insults and making obscene gestures.

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On May 28, the victim even filed additional complaints because her ex-companion continued to torment her.

The charges did not date from yesterday since the victim had already lodged complaints for domestic violence in 2006 and 2014. After being sprayed with tear gas and being shot four times at close range, the forty-something still has her life-threatening prognosis. Friday while his attacker, injured in the temple, is brain dead.

A violent and alcoholic fifty-something

A follow-up problem could also arise in Colmar, where a 48-year-old woman was thrown Thursday evening from the eighth floor of her building.

Her ex-partner, aged 51 and acting in a state of intoxication, with 2.5 grams of alcohol in the blood at the time of the facts, was also well known for marital problems.

Also according to our information, he had already been the subject in October 2018 of a complaint for violence filed by his partner.

On April 30, 2020, the violent and alcoholic fifty-something had been the subject of an appearance by a judicial police officer for similar facts and, since then, subjected to a judicial control prohibiting him from approaching his victim.

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Jailed for two months after violating a probation procedure, he was summoned on April 26 by a judge for violating the judicial ban to which he was subject.

After defending his ex-girlfriend Thursday night, he stayed at the window and threw cans of beer in the direction of the body before being arrested without resistance.

Falling on the roof of a sports hall below, the victim died on the spot, despite the intervention of firefighters and Smur.

Inspection missions

These two new cases come after the launch of two inspection missions by the government in order to shed light on the obvious or possible flaws in the monitoring of violent spouses, after the feminicide of Mérignac (Gironde), and that of Hayange ( Moselle) on May 23. After the feminicide of Chahinez, assassinated on May 4 in Mérignac by her ex-spouse against whom she had also lodged a complaint, the Minister of Justice declared that the 1,000 anti-reconciliation bracelets available to the Chancellery, "

had not not intended to remain in the drawers

”

.

The conclusions of the Mérignac inspection are expected on June 10, those of Hayange on June 30 at the latest. According to the collective "

Feminicides by companions or ex

", 48 feminicides have already been identified in 2021. In 2020, 90 feminicides were counted by the Ministry of the Interior, against 146 the previous year.