A 34-year-old man will be awaiting trial in prison for wanting to kill his wife in 2017 in Argentan.
For the first time, the investigating chamber of the Caen Court of Appeal had refused him his release. This Algerian 34 years has received the same answer on Tuesday: his trial ahead, before the Assizes of the Orne, he will wait in jail. The magistrates of Caen believe the risk of flight abroad too important from a man who, even before the facts that he is accused, had expressed his intention to return to Algeria.
On the evening of May 16, 2017, in a building in Argentan, he had hit his wife, whom he had just married a month earlier, with his fists. Armed with a knife, he would have even tried to reach the carotid artery. The violence is recognized, not the attempted murder. The man, with a clean criminal record, denies any criminal intent. In prison, he is described as depressed, suicidal. "His maternal aunt and his spouse intend to accommodate him, announces his lawyer.They live in the Bordeaux region. Far from the victim who would be safe from pressure. " Insufficient to convince the chamber of the investigation which retained the lack of guarantees of representation of the accused at his trial.