The photos projected this Tuesday before the Essonne Assize Court testify to the extreme violence of the attack suffered by a mother and her 8-month-old baby by the latter's partner, in October 2020 in a hotel. social network of Viry-Chatillon.
The first appears with a bloody face streaked with stab wounds, the child has a large scar on his cheek.
The alleged perpetrator, now 32 years old, had also injured a neighbor who wanted to intervene.
His motivations remain unclear and he only very partially recognizes the facts, arguing that he has a lack of memory due to taking, he claims, medication, drugs and alcohol.
This Tuesday, the victims testified in court.
The neighbor, first of all.
That evening, the mother was breastfeeding her son and chatting with two women in her room when her companion arrived, wearing a mask and a black hood.
“He went straight for her.
He had his hand in the air with a knife.
I did not think.
I pushed him, he stumbled and got up.
He grabbed her and hit her on the back.
He had a determined look, did not speak.
I grabbed his wrist.
He got away and tried to hit me three times before hitting me and threatening to kill me.
» The woman leaves the scene to call for help.
“I tried to protect my son”
The accused continues to strike.
“He came home, he didn’t speak,” testifies his ex-partner.
The first blow was on my shoulder.
Afterwards, he pulled my hair.
I felt a blow, then I don't know how it hit me.
I tried to protect my son.
I felt a blow on my forehead, a pain in the bone.
He said he was going to kill me.
" For what ?
The young woman, now 28 years old, still does not know it.
This Tuesday, frightened, she retracted some of her statements.
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Since the events, the accused contacted her by telephone from prison to threaten her, recalls the general counsel.
As well as loved ones, including the victim's family.
“I am afraid of reprisals against my children,” testifies the ex-partner, who lives in hiding.