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Accused of harassment after the suicide of his partner: no sentence required on appeal

2021-09-16T01:05:29.673Z


The general prosecutor's office of the Court of Appeal of Chambéry said Wednesday, September 15 "unable to demonstrate the existence of an offense" of a ...


The general prosecutor's office of the Court of Appeal of Chambéry said Wednesday, September 15

"unable to demonstrate the existence of an offense"

of a thirty-something prosecuted for harassment after the defenestration of his companion in 2016.

" We must move from intuitive reality to judicial reality, ”

said Advocate General Pierre Becquet.

“Juridically,

(the implicated)

is not responsible for the death”

of the young woman, despite messages of his own admission

“unspeakable”

sent to his girlfriend the day before her suicide.

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On February 12, 2016, in Chambéry, the young woman had defenestrated herself from her husband's apartment, located on the second floor of a building in the center. The couple had been in a relationship for five months. The behavior of the young woman, described as naive and easily influenced, had changed during her relationship with the thirty-something, witnesses reported, saying that she was withdrawing.

The day before the incident, the thirty-something had tried to reach her on numerous occasions, leaving her violent messages and sending her photos of a cut finger and a cut wrist uploaded to the Internet.

Witnesses described the defendant as jealous, possessive, and often resorting to emotional blackmail.

The following morning, the young woman had confessed to him that she had spent the evening with her ex-companion, a confession meaning for the accused the end of their relationship.

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At first instance in June 2020, the Chambéry criminal court had released the defendant, considering that the causal link between his words and behavior and

"the deterioration of living conditions affecting the health of his girlfriend"

remained uncertain.

The Chambéry prosecutor's office, which then required 18 months' imprisonment with a probationary suspension, appealed.

"We are clearly not in a case of harassment"

, this time recognized Wednesday Pierre Becquet, without requiring the release.

"It is the threat of rupture which was decisive"

in the suicide of the young woman, he maintained.

Decision of the Court of Appeal on October 13.

Source: lefigaro

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