It is a plunge into the sordid that took place this Thursday at the Beauvais Criminal Court.
In question, the actions of Elodie towards the two children of her companion.
These facts, of extreme gravity and cruelty, began in January 2019, in a town near Beauvais.
They will last eleven months, until the filing of a complaint by the mother of the two martyred children, Paul, 6, and Marianne, 9 (
the names have been changed
).
The president of the tribunal went into detail.
There are the insults uttered by the mother-in-law, who tells Paul to “fuck himself” or calls him a “son of a bitch”.
Marianne is described as a "bitch" or a "whore".
There are the "high intensity" beatings, slaps and spankings.
There is also the spitting and humiliation.
Paul leaves a few drops next to the toilet bowl?
She sticks her head in her urine.
Does he wet the bed?
She takes him to sleep in the bathtub, with just a pillow but no duvet.
A child hit and forced to sleep on the floor
His sister is not spared. For having slept in Elodie's daughter's room, the child is dragged out of bed, forced to sleep on the floor, after her stepmother shamelessly tramples her. On November 4, 2020, she was slapped for entering the Forbidden Room again. Élodie then leaves him deep scratches on the shoulder and it is by seeing these traces of violence that their mother files a complaint.
During the entirety of this statement, Elodie, casually leaning on the bar of the court, remains impassive.
She recognizes the facts.
“What I did was wrong,” she blurted out.
I felt overwhelmed but the children's mother is behind it all.
It was she who pushed her children against me.
She never supported me.
"The time is therefore not for regrets, confirming the conclusions of the psychological investigation which described Elodie as a" psychorigid person persuaded to be in his right ".
"And in addition, you place yourself as a victim"
"They judge me just because I spoke badly", laments the mother-in-law.
"You have violent behavior towards young children for no reason," said the president.
It is absurd.
And in addition, you are making yourself a victim.
What you have done can have serious consequences for the development of children.
"
The mother of the latter has also confirmed that her son is "under treatment."
This deposition will burst the anger of the mother-in-law.
"Madame does not work, she is lazy and I am the one who pays for her children's food," she annoys.
The president tries to calm her down, to no avail.
She wishes to clarify that the daughter she had with the father of the two martyrs "is not their sister but their half-sister" and asks that the father "does not take my daughter to see her first children who are toxic. for her ".
5,000 euros in damages
What to ulcerate Me Varin, lawyer of the victims.
"I am shocked at what I hear," he laments.
Your repeated humiliations are impossible to accept.
For her, it does not matter since the victims are not children of her blood.
The prosecutor will speak of "facade recognition".
“You do not speak to these children as to human beings, for you, they are the instruments of a conspiracy, he emphasizes.
The facts are particularly serious and you stand firm.
"
Élodie will be found guilty of all the acts of violence and harassment on minors with which she is accused.
She was sentenced to eight months suspended prison sentence with "prohibition to have a professional activity in connection with minors".
She will also have to pay 5,000 euros in damages, 3,000 euros to Marianne and 2,000 euros for Paul.