A 37-year-old man who, threatened to
"no longer see his children",
had stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the eye so that she would not see them
"no more either"
, was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years criminal imprisonment, accompanied by a period of security of 16 years.
Thirty years of criminal imprisonment and a security period of 20 years had been required before the Assize Court of Landes against Sébastien Joux, who had been appearing since Friday.
He is
"deaf to the pain of others, he was deaf to the inhuman cries of his ex-companion"
, had accused the general counsel Lucie Delage.
"Mr. Joux's hearing bears all the stigma of a perpetrator of domestic violence"
, she continued, adding that
"children were the privileged spectators of this scene of horror"
, which the accused disputes. .
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On the evening of June 28, 2019, in the town of Lit-et-Mixe, Sébastien Joux went to the home of the mother of his three children, from whom he was separated, and stabbed him ten times in the eyes. , while mastering her, astride her.
“He told me that I would never see again”
, testified Monday at the bar the victim, recounting that one of his children, hearing his screams, had come down from the floor asking
“what is are you doing daddy?
"She didn't want me to see my children, she won't see them either
. "
"That's why he stopped, otherwise I would have died
," added the young woman, whose face still shows scars, despite the skin grafts.
"I had four operations, I have two more to do."
After his arrest at the scene, the accused said that the young woman had called him
"to insult him"
and to tell him that he would
"no longer see his children"
.
He had gone there and the tone had risen.
"She didn't want me to see my children, she won't see them either
. "
The young woman, 27 years old at the time of the events, lost the use of her right eye and her vision in the left eye has since been very attenuated.
During the three days of hearing, Sébastien Joux acknowledged the alleged facts, minimizing the details.
The Advocate General recalled that the man
“did not respect a judicial review.
He has already done time in prison.
His criminal record has 17 entries.
