Fourteen years in prison were required on Thursday against a 32-year-old woman tried at the Val-d'Oise assizes for the murder of her companion with a stab in the throat in May 2019 in the presence of the victim's eldest son.
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"
We are not in the case of violence by a man on his partner
," said Advocate General Amarine Ghekière.
“
She suffered beatings.
She also gave some
, ”she insisted, underlining the “
murderous determination
” of the accused.
The magistrate demanded 14 years in prison against Kalizatou S. tried since Tuesday for the murder of her spouse in the mobile home where the couple lived with three of their children, in Eragny (Val-d'Oise).
He was stabbed to the neck on May 4, 2019 in the early morning.
When help arrived, his partner applied, in vain, a point of compression on the victim's wound.
The accused claimed to have wanted to “
push
him back ”.
"
I had a lot of alcohol in my blood
” but “
killing him was not my intention
”, maintained the young woman, during her interrogation Thursday morning.
“
If I could go back, I would
”
Despite the insistent questions of the president of the court Marc Trévidic, contradictions remain between this version and that of the son who witnessed the scene, now 17 years old.
He assured that the 30-year-old had tried to hit her father several times before succeeding in reaching him.
The accused explained that she reacted under the effect of “
fear
” during this umpteenth violent confrontation with her spouse.
"
If I could go back, I would
," she said, addressing the victim's family.
She described a “
jealous
” and “
possessive
” spouse, who harassed her on the phone.
“
It sucks to be called all the time.
Not being able to do what we want
, ”she said.
Anthony B., 35, had four children, two of them from a first marriage.
The argument on the evening of the tragedy concerned the return of one of them to the couple's home, after having been removed by social services to protect him from the violence of the spouses.
The couple had "
excessive alcohol consumption
" according to the personality investigator heard at the bar on Tuesday.
Their regular arguments, against a background of disagreement between their families who were not very favorable to their union, often ended in a violent physical confrontation.
The accused comes from a “
traditional
” family of Malian origin, the third in a family of 15 children;
the victim comes from a family of travellers.
The verdict is expected overnight.