A 21-year-old man was charged with intentional homicide by an intoxicated person for stabbing a 47-year-old woman to death in the middle of a street in Nantes on Wednesday. Nantes public prosecutor Renaud Godol.
This young single man, born in Nantes, without a stable job and living in his parents’ house in the same neighborhood as the victim, explains the facts “ an uncontrollable need for violence after an alcoholic night club outing. Taken into police custody on Monday morning, he pleaded guilty after a 24-hour arraignment on Tuesday and faces life in prison.
Returns”furious” and in the car of the drunken night club, the young man stopped in front of the bus shelter, where the victim, the neighbor, who was waiting for the bus to go to the medical facility, was in the car. where he worked as a cleaner. He explains that he was relieved after talking to her and going home before “the need for violenceand return to the scene.
“He grabbed the kitchen knife and returned to the bus shelter, hoping the woman would no longer be there.Nantes prosecutor Reno Godol said during the press conference. “But he was still there and she rushed to him to stab him many times.he continued. The victim later died around 6:30 a.m. An autopsy on Monday revealed 23 upper body wounds, including several fatal neck injuries.
Parallel request
The prosecutor noted that there is “parallel request“It was carried out by relatives and neighbors of the victim, who conducted interviews and used CCTV footage from a nearby garage and school.”outside of any legal framework.»
After discovering the suspect’s car, they broke into his house and took him “excavation and removal of objects that may have been essential to the investigation“The prosecutor expressed regret, while the suspect states that he received it.”with feet and fists. “I naturally understand the emotions and desire of family and friends not to be inactive“the prosecutor accepted, “mBut we cannot accept these methods in a legal state.»
The killing comes three weeks after a 40-year-old woman was raped in the center of Nantes on September 24, sparking a debate about the safety of the city and strong feelings in its neighbourhood.
Source: Le Figaro
