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Vienna: a man indicted for homicide on his defenestrated spouse

2023-03-08T17:31:12.288Z


The man, 42 years old and benefiting from the status of political refugee, would have admitted the facts. The couple's three children have been cared for by child welfare services.


An Eritrean has been indicted and imprisoned for the murder of his spouse, who fell Monday morning from the building where they lived in Poitiers, the prosecution announced on Wednesday March 8.

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A judicial investigation for spousal homicide was opened today.

The defendant was indicted and remanded in custody

,” said Cyril Lacombe, public prosecutor in Poitiers.

Died after falling from fifth floor

The victim, aged 39 and also of Eritrean nationality, was found dead after a fall from the fifth floor of the building where she lived with her husband and their three children.

According to the daily

La Nouvelle République

, this woman was four months pregnant.

The man, aged 42 and enjoying political refugee status, would have admitted the facts, the newspaper reported.

The couple's three children have been cared for by child welfare services.

The number of feminicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed by the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, against 102 in 2020, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior .

Source: lefigaro

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