Thursday evening, the umpteenth argument between Doris Voinson and Thomas F., concluded years of domestic violence suffered by the forty-something.
This Saturday, the former spouse of the victim, defenestrated from the 8th floor of his resident of the Tour du Stade in Colmar (Haut-Rhin), was indicted for "intentional homicide" and imprisoned.
According to the public prosecutor, the 51-year-old man "recognizes the facts, indicating to have acted following an argument, in a context of significant alcoholism".
"An investigating judge is now seized" and "the investigations will continue, in particular to interview witnesses and relatives, and to verify the schedule of the author and the victim in the moments preceding the murder, ”added Catherine Sorita-Minard in a statement.
The man, who had 2.5 grams of alcohol in his blood, had defenestrated his former companion Thursday evening.
He then stayed at the window to throw cans of beer in the direction of the body, before being stopped without resistance.
Falling on the roof of a sports hall below, the victim died on the spot, despite the intervention of firefighters and Smur.
Alerted by Doris' cries, several inhabitants of the buildings that surround the tower had rushed to their balcony and had seen the forty-something fighting against her executioner.
"For several minutes, she tried to resist but he finally managed to tip her out of the window," had testified to the Parisian Marie-Madeleine.
A history of violence
The latter, born in 1969, was thus sentenced on January 17, 2019, for “aggravated violence” on the same person, to 6 months in prison with a suspension with probation for 3 years, reports the prosecution. He was monitored by the sentence enforcement judge and the integration and probation service. "An evaluation of his support will be carried out, in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of Justice in this area," the prosecutor announced on Friday.
According to the collective "Feminicides by companions or ex", this drama brings to 49 the number of victims of feminicides since the beginning of the year 2021. In 2020, 90 feminicides were counted by the Ministry of the Interior, against 146 l 'last year. The Colmar drama is part of a black series that occurred in the Grand Est where, in less than two weeks, three feminicides or attempted feminicide were committed, relaunching the debate on the follow-up of the perpetrators of domestic violence.
