On the third day of Bruno Garcia-Cruciani's trial for the “assassination” of his ex-partner Julie Douib, emotion entered the room at the same time as Roselyne, a thin, blonde young woman, a close friend of the victim. from 2011 to her death, in March 2019. In Roselyne, Julie confides the regular arguments with Bruno, the psychological violence - demeaning vocabulary, insults, prohibitions, bullying… - then physical.
“
For me, it's not normal, it's not that, a couple.
But I think she tried to hold on for the love of her children, and because she was also afraid
, ”says Roselyne.
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In tears, the witness continues: “
Julie kept telling me: 'He is going to kill me”. I replied: “No, he won't, he can't do it, he just wants to scare you”. One day, at an aperitif with girlfriends, she declared that if she disappeared, you had to go look for her in the foundations of the house, because Bruno had said to her: “If you go, I'll kill you and I'll sink you in. foundations of the house ”
”. In the third row of the assizes room of the Bastia courthouse, the parents and brother of Julie Douib knead handkerchiefs, trembling.
When it comes her turn to testify, Violette Douib, the victim's mother, suffocates at the
stand
: “
When Julie introduced Bruno to us, we would never have imagined that he would be her executioner.
She had found her prince charming.
But one day, she called me to tell me about her descent into hell.
He pushed her, slapped her, pulled her hair, often in front of their two boys.
She told me she was his hostage.
For me, Bruno wanted to make it his thing, an object that belonged to him.
"Jordan Douib, Julie's brother, sums up:"
She was under his control
.
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In September 2018, Bruno Garcia-Cruciani and Julie Douib separate, to the relief of the relatives of the latter.
"
I told myself that we were finally going to be able to live, to enjoy it 100%, because before she did not always do what she wanted
", remembers Roselyne.
But the descent into hell continues for the one who multiplies handrails and complaints.
“
She felt really stalked.
He was wherever she was,
”insists Roselyne.
“
He followed her, she was tracked all the time.
My children even knew Bruno Garcia's license plate by heart
, ”illustrates Julia, another friend of the deceased.
"A daddy can kill a mom"
Six months later, the drama breaks out. On March 2, Bruno Garcia-Cruciani dines with his “
aunt of the heart
”, Josiane, with his sister Nadine, who has just arrived from Toulon. “
Bruno was like the other evenings, he didn't speak much, as usual,
” says Josiane. No one notices anything abnormal except Julie Douib herself. Shortly before 11 pm, the latter calls her friend Sandrine to tell her that she "
saw Bruno Garcia in the bushes
". Sandrine then remains on the phone with the young woman until she is reassured.
On the morning of the 3rd, Bruno Garcia-Cruciani takes his car, dropping a simple "
I'm coming back
".
“
When my brother came back he had a blood stain on his face.
It was total panic, everything was in slow motion, like in a movie.
He shouted to my partner to take him to the gendarmerie,
”says Nadine.
One of Bruno Garcia-Cruciani's sons comes out of his room and asks his father what he has done, without getting an answer.
A few kilometers away, Julie Douib lies on the balcony of her apartment.
"
He shot her but he also screwed up a lot of families, a lot of children who will have to grow up knowing that a dad can kill a mom,
" says Julia.
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After the death of Julie Douib, it is Julia and Sandrine, accompanied by a third young woman, who announce the news to her two children, separately. "
Vanessa and I took Arthur * to a room and told him daddy had just killed mum." I thought he was going to choke. Five seconds later, we heard his brother's cry in the living room. We went there and saw Enzo * banging his fist on the couch and saying "He did it, that asshole, he did it".
"
The two children now live in Seine-et-Marne with their maternal grandparents.
“
Our role is to protect them.
I hope they can rebuild themselves, but it's very complicated.
In any case, neither of them want him anymore
, ”testifies Lucien Douib, pointing to the accused, who remains head down in his box, shaved head and black mask.
“
My daughter, my sunshine, asked only to live.
And one day a monster stopped him.
I told [the accused] that I was giving him my eyes.
He made me blind.
"
* First names have been changed
