A neighbor raised the alarm after hearing screams and muffled noises.
Arriving at the foot of her building on December 12, the Torcy municipal police officers discovered a woman in tears: she had just suffered a round of beatings from her husband, for a futile financial reason.
In front of their two children, aged 8 and 11, the father had strangled her, slapped her, scratched her, pushed her.
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This Monday, the time for explanations had come for this 44-year-old Sri Lankan, tried by the Meaux criminal court, for domestic violence in the presence of minors.
But also for sexual assault on a spouse: the victim – who wants a divorce – also denounces touching imposed by her husband.
The defendant harasses her even in their children's bedroom, sometimes having to intervene.
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