The 52-year-old man suspected of having killed his 48-year-old ex-girlfriend on Thursday by breaking into her home in Béthune was indicted on Saturday for aggravated and imprisoned murder, the prosecution announced on Saturday March 11.
A judicial investigation was opened for "
murder by a person who was the spouse or cohabitant of the victim
" and the suspect was indicted and then placed in pre-trial detention, said in a press release the deputy prosecutor of Béthune, Guillaume Dupont.
In police custody, the man admitted "
having entered the victim's home during the night through an unlocked door and having stabbed him several times
", detailed the prosecution on Friday.
122 women killed by their spouse in 2023
The victim had filed a complaint on February 21 against him for death threats.
This complaint was “
being processed
”.
The 50-year-old was not known to the police and "
has no criminal record relating to acts of violence by spouse
", according to the prosecution.
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The emergency services intervened Thursday at 5:30 a.m. in the victim's apartment after a neighbor called.
The victim, who died on the spot, “
showed traces of blows, probably carried out using a knife
,” he said.
The respondent was arrested a few minutes later, at 5:45 a.m. "
at the wheel of his car as he returned to his home
".
The number of murders of women increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, according to the latest figures available from the Ministry of the Interior.