Oise: condemned and stripped of his paternal authority for having assaulted his wife in front of their daughter

The little girl had shoes that were too small… On April 15, around 6 p.m., when Aziz (all first names have been changed to protect the victim and the children) saw his daughter walking painfully in her shoes, he then attacked to his wife who responds angrily.

In this home of Margny-lès-Compiègne (Oise), an argument breaks out.

Her partner is breastfeeding the 2-year-old.

When the child goes into the bedroom, the couple comes to blows.

Samira would have given the first slap, Aziz the second.

The latter was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 months in prison suspended by the court of Compiègne.

And this, despite his attempts to explain, during the hearing.

“It was involuntary, I wanted to calm her down”, pleads the defendant

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it was involuntary, I wanted to calm her down, he pleads.

I tried to push her away, but she was struggling.

I put her on the ground and grabbed her by the wrists to stop her struggling.

And to sob: “Yes, I have already been sentenced but I have never hit a woman, never.

“But for the police, who intervened following a call from the neighborhood, this is indeed domestic violence.

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A thesis that the victim does not confirm.

At the bar, Samira claims not to be afraid, that he has never hit her, even that she has already raised her hand on him.

“We take the lead but he is a good dad, he is very close to his daughter, she says.

If he goes to jail, I'll wait for him because it's because of me.

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The victim's turnaround?

Fear, says the prosecutor

Manon Noël, public prosecutor, does not have the same reading of the file.

Because during her hearing, Samira did indeed declare that she struggled, that she received punches, that she was put on the ground in front of her daughter, that she was screaming.

“Today, it is about fear that it is a question, continues the magistrate.

This victim of domestic violence is afraid that her husband will return to prison and she is afraid of depriving her daughter of her father.

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She wants the punches as proof.

“His face still bears the mark.

The judges therefore heard her.

As for the father, in addition to his prison sentence, he will also have to be psychologically monitored for two years, find a job and no longer return to the family home.

He was finally stripped of his parental authority.