- After her mother and 8-year-old baby brother were the victims of an "assassination attempt" on February 14, Virginie Cilia called for help on Twitter, then an online kitty.
- His messages, accompanied by photos of the two victims covered with bandages, quickly toured social networks.
- Virginie's family has since received tremendous expressions of affection and donations.
- His mother's companion, suspected of having accidentally burned the car, was charged and placed in pre-trial detention.
One hundred and twenty characters posted on March 1 on Twitter and, since then, Virginie Cilia is overflowing with messages of support and affection. Under the donations too. Because the young woman of 18 who lives in Pons (Charente-Maritime) launched a kitty online after her mother, Liliane De Oliveira, and her little brother, Tony, were victims of an "assassination attempt". Virginie asks everyone who wants to listen to her to help the two members of her family badly burned, on February 14, by her mother's former companion.
"After the anger, we realized that the few people who told us about this drama spoke of a car accident, which is wrong, comments this Wednesday Jocelyn, boyfriend who came to visit his beautiful family at the CHU de Bordeaux. We told ourselves that we had to communicate, put out the words "feminicide" and "attempted assassination" so that everyone would know that what really happened. "
Then comes the idea of the kitty, because Virginie Cilia, her two sisters (Patricia, 23 and Sandy, 22) as well as Tony's father felt "helpless" and, as Virginie points out, "alone in world. " The Twitter post, accompanied by the link to Leetchi and photos of Tony and Liliane covered with bandages, quickly toured social networks and was widely publicized. So much so that Virginie's family was even able to meet with the team of Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State responsible for Equality between women and men. "They advised us, offered administrative support and brought us closer to victim assistance associations", specifies Jocelyn to 20 Minutes , before adding "these associations are good, because the girls will also need to be followed after this trauma ”.
"Tony will never have a normal life again"
The prize pool which now totals more than 10,000 euros exists for this long-term support. She is also there to give a boost to the young couple who are struggling "to put gas in the car" to make this Pons-Bordeaux almost daily, to financially support Tony's dad "who spends his days and his nights at the hospital ", for," who knows, later offer a car with windows adapted to Tony burnt in the 3rd degree on 90% of the body ". "Because he will never have a normal life again, because he will no longer be able to go to the beach like all children of his age, because he will have to advance the costs of physiotherapy, lawyers, rehabilitation or transplants and find suitable clothing, "added Virginie, who said" not being able to get her head out of the water since February 14 ".
That day, in Pons (Charente-Maritime), Jean-Michel Avril forces Virginie's mother and 46-year-old ex-partner as well as her son, Tony, to get into his car. "He seems to have only one idea in mind: to take revenge that my mother could have left him ... his mad race will end in an electric pole in the lower part of the town of Pons," says Virginie. The 64-year-old retired worker allegedly set the vehicle on fire by setting fire to a blanket soaked in fuel. Seriously burned, Liliane and Tony are hospitalized in Bordeaux. Jean-Michel Avril is indicted for "attempted murder" and placed in pre-trial detention.
"He couldn't stand separation"
Virginie speaks of "feminicide", the La Rochelle prosecution evokes "an proven attempt at double murder". "Legally the term feminicide is not recognized but it would seem that this man, who had never been talked about, wanted to attack his ex-partner because he did not support separation, indicates the deputy prosecutor. That day, the child was with her and he decided that everyone should "leave". "
Jean-Michel Avril had left a letter to his daughter, explaining that he wanted to end his life by "taking his ex-girlfriend". "The police were notified the same day, but the drama had just taken place," said the La Rochelle prosecutor's office at 20 minutes . The investigation will have to determine if this man really wanted to end it because he did it. "
In the service of the burn victims of the Bordeaux University Hospital, Liliane and her son were plunged into a coma in order to be treated. The mother left this Sunday and, according to Virginie, Tony wakes up "gently, intermittently". If the vital prognosis of the two victims was engaged upon their arrival at the Bordeaux University Hospital, this is not, according to the prosecution, no longer the case today.
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