He clung to his fanciful explanations in an almost cartoonish way.
The father of the family tried on Wednesday for domestic violence by the Meaux criminal court, simply called his wife… a liar.
From the back of the box, via an Arabic language interpreter, this 47-year-old inhabitant of Vaires-sur-Marne hammered her: “Everything she says is false.
She wants to get rid of me ”.
This did not prevent the judges from sentencing him to 15 months in prison, 7 of which were closed, with a ban on contacting his wife and appearing at his home for three years.
The abusive husband was jailed after the hearing.
Back to the facts.
On the evening of June 3, the police went to the private hospital in Brou-sur-Chantereine where a woman, injured in the hand, said she was hit by her husband with a knife.
This indicates something quite different, namely that she injured herself while slicing the bread.
A first version, followed by two others in police custody: he would have handed the knife to his wife… who was injured by accident.
At the hearing, the president finally obtained the final script and summed it up as follows: “So Madame kneaded the bread, she used the knife and she cut herself.
We're back to the kitchen version ”.
The defendant persisted in presenting himself as the victim of an unfaithful woman: "She has someone, I saw her".
The morbid jealousy of the defendant at the origin of the violence
On the bench of the civil parties, the mother of the family - jacket closed to the neck and scarf hiding her hair - listened.
Via the interpreter, she explained “not being able to divorce”.
And for good reason: her husband keeps his papers and those of his children under lock and key, not to mention that he is the one who has the bank card and receives family allowances.
The mother does not even know if she has a mutual or CMU.
Despite this situation, this courageous woman maintained that her husband wanted to strike her, with a butcher's knife, on the waist.
It was while protecting herself that she was injured.
In the past, he had pushed her violently against the wall.
Investigators found the weapon in the master bedroom, under a pile of sheets.
"This does not fail to surprise", underlined Me Vanessa Calamari, the lawyer of the civil party.
Before regretting: “The worst thing for my client is that her husband does not recognize the facts.
She fears her return home ”.
The morbid jealousy of the accused would be at the origin of his behavior.
Convinced that his wife had sex with a neighbor, he went so far as to ask the latter's companion…. To place a spy on his phone, to spy on them.
The deputy prosecutor Aude Zambon requested one year in prison, including six months closed, with a committal warrant and ban from appearing in the family home for three years: “It is distressing to see someone who does not take responsibility for his actions. . The only thing to credit him is that the sight of the blood kept him from taking a second shot. But the victim had to insist on being taken to the hospital. I am worried about the future. "The task was difficult for the defense lawyer Me Caroline Desré:" It is always complicated to enter a family alcove, in the privacy of a couple. I would have liked the investigation to be more thorough and the police to question the four children, to find out what they heard ”.