A 55-year-old man was handed over on Monday as part of an open trial for “violence resulting in death without intent to cause it” after the death on Saturday of a woman with whom he had a relationship, prosecutors de Créteil said AFP confirms the information Parisian.
A 52-year-old woman was taken by emergency services with cardiopulmonary arrest from Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) to a nearby hospital, where she died on Saturday early in the day, the ministry said. According to a police source, Samu was named by a man who was with her.
An autopsy showed that the victim died of a brain hemorrhage, the prosecutor’s office added. The medical examiner noted damage “suggesting violence by a third party.”
Known for acts of domestic violence
“Based on the information collected by the investigators,” the man, the lover of the deceased, according to the prosecution, was “placed in custody on the afternoon of August 26 for acts of violence that led to death, with no intention of relinquishing it.” a person who is or was a spouse, cohabitant or partner of PACS.”
He was handed over on Monday, and on Tuesday he will be presented to the investigating judge, the prosecutor said. He asked to be kept in custody. The investigation was entrusted to the departmental service of the Judicial Police of Val-de-Marne.
According to the prosecution, the man in question was already known for his acts of domestic violence. In October 2020, he was given a six-month suspended prison sentence in Paris for “acts of violence by the spouse”, which resulted in his ex-wife being declared legally incompetent for 15 days in 2017. In early March 2023, he was placed in prison. in police custody after his current wife filed a complaint in January accusing him of raping and psychologically abusing her. According to the prosecutor, the investigation of these latest facts “soon will be the subject of a political decision.”