A 72-year-old man, suspected of having mortally wounded his wife with a knife on Saturday in Vauvert (Gard), was indicted on Monday July 26 for "
murder on a spouse
" and imprisoned, AFP learned from the prosecutor's office. Nimes.
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This mother, in her forties, was stabbed several times by her husband and father of her three children, in front of the couple's teenager, in the popular district of Les Bosquets.
Six stab wounds
The autopsy carried out Monday morning at the University Hospital of Nîmes reveals six stab wounds including one fatal carried in the abdomen, two other stab wounds in the back and three in the arms, deputy prosecutor Arnaud Massip told AFP. which evokes a context of jealousy.
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The septuagenarian, who admitted the facts during police custody, had no criminal record, said a source close to the investigation.
"
We are in a family tragedy, with children who have lost their mother and who will be deprived of their father
", soberly emphasizes Me Marc Roux, the lawyer of the respondent, who refuses to say more at this stage .
In 2020, 90 murders of women were officially recorded in France, against 146 the previous year.
