He had already been convicted of violence against a former partner.
A man in his forties was taken into custody for intentional homicide of a spouse in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Born in 1982, this man, residing with his partner who was herself born in 1980 in this coastal town, called the firefighters himself Monday morning to report that his partner was injured, specifies the Grasse public prosecutor's office.
“On site, the emergency services noted the death of the victim who showed traces of blows,” notes the Grasse public prosecutor’s office.
“The first investigations revealed that he (the companion) was under the influence of alcohol and narcotics,” adds the prosecution, specifying that the accused is known to the courts for numerous offenses.
In 2014, he was convicted by a court in another jurisdiction for acts of domestic violence against a previous partner.
A femicide every three days
According to a police source, a police intervention took place at 1:30 a.m., near the André-Malraux college, according to Nice-Matin.
at the request of a neighbor, for suspicion of violence, but no injuries had been noted and the woman had not requested help.
On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France.
The Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti put forward at the beginning of January the figure of 94 femicides in 2023, compared to 118 in 2022, a drop greeted with skepticism by feminist associations.