Accused of having attempted to cut the throat of his ex-spouse, a man on Monday rejected the fault on his excessive consumption of alcohol and an attack on the part of the miraculous victim, on the first day of his trial before the assizes of Val- of Oise.
For the first of three days of his trial, Diabel Faye, 41, appeared detached:
"Madam",
"the individual",
"the neighbor"
... At no time does he use the first name of the mother of his four children, present on the bench of the civil parties.
Arms crossed, Amandine, 38, has folded her large black vest over her.
Miraculously, she escaped death thanks to the diligence of her neighbors and rescuers.
She escaped with a 10 centimeter wound in her neck, a month of total incapacity for work (ITT) and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
First conviction for domestic violence
This Sunday July 7, 2019 in Margency, a small town in Val-d'Oise, yet another dispute over Diabel Faye's alcohol consumption breaks out within this separated couple with chaotic relationships.
He grabs a first knife, which she manages to push away.
He then takes a bread knife and aims for the neck.
Hit in the jugular vein, she collapses in front of the home, calling for help.
During the hearing, Diabel Faye asks to be able to take notes.
As soon as the president of the court tries to look into his past, his friends and family, he turns and evades.
"Me, that's not the point.
If it came from me, I'm fine, but it comes from the alcohol and the aggression that I suffered, ”
he launches in a gesture of casualness, depicting his ex-spouse as the
He also accuses him of having set up a
“child kidnapping operation”
.
At the time of the events, he was passing through the Paris region and had to return for the holidays to Vendée, where he was then residing, accompanied by his two eldest daughters.
Overwhelmed by the management of children, and understanding that it would not be easy, he had gone to buy vodka with his daughters.
Given his blood alcohol level (he was arrested with 3 grams of alcohol per liter of blood), Amandine no longer wanted to leave him custody of the girls.
For her, the arguments were part of the daily life of the couple.
In 2017, their final separation had been an attempt to end this dotted relationship enamelled with violence.
He swears to have settled down since his first incarceration in 2014 … for domestic violence on Amandine.