Relatives Bouchra, killed by her ex, want "to change the law"

• On November 26, Bouchra Bouali, 44, was stabbed to death by her ex-spouse, already convicted of acts of violence against him.

• Mother of two children, Bouchra was equipped with a serious danger telephone (TGD) but was unaware that her former companion had been released from detention a few weeks before the date initially planned.

• A white march, organized at the initiative of the town hall and several local associations, will leave this Thursday evening at 6 p.m. from the bottom of the building where Bouchra resided and was killed.

Two weeks after the murder of his little sister, Bouchra, his older brother is still wondering. “Some days, I tell myself that it's a dream, that it's not possible, it can't be true. How could something like that happen in France? He asks himself

How, indeed, this 44-year-old woman, equipped with a serious danger telephone (TGD), could she die under the stab wounds of her ex-spouse, yet already convicted of acts of violence and released in prison without her having been informed?

Recognizing a "collective failure", the Bobigny public prosecutor's office announced on November 29 that a "precise analysis" of "the reasons for which this tragedy could have occurred" was going to be launched in parallel with the judicial investigation.

Those close to Bouchra, call for "changing the law" so that the tragedy which upset their family "never happens again".

A feeling of waste

Since the death of this mother of a family on November 26, the associative actors of Seine-Saint-Denis have struggled to hide their impression of a huge "mess".

“It's terrible, this woman did everything to be protected.

We feel a great sadness and little anger, it must be said ”, confides to 

Ernestine Ronai, head of the Departmental Observatory on Violence against Women. “From Bouchra Bouali's first complaint, the courts initiated proceedings against his ex-spouse and he was sentenced to a one-year prison term in July. An assessment of the danger was carried out and the prosecution decided to assign a serious danger telephone (TGD) to the victim, ”she explains, believing that“ all legal measures have been put in place ”to protect this trader living in Epinay-sur-Seine and her two daughters aged 5 and 14.

Accompanied by teams from the SOS Victimes 93 association, Bouchra Bouali was forced to activate this telephone on October 5, 2021. Released from prison four days earlier, his ex-companion had gone to the foot of his building despite the 'ban pronounced by justice, before leaving the premises precipitately. Arrested shortly after by the police, the 51-year-old man was again detained in Fleury-Mérogis on October 8.

“We thought it was due out two months later, on December 8th.

In anticipation of this date, we had even bought plane tickets to Morocco for Bouchra and the girls, to protect them, ”explains the older brother of the victim to 

But the release from prison of his sister's ex-spouse is finally brought forward to November 17.

Problem: "Nobody was aware" of this premature exit, assures Bouchra's brother.

After the tragedy, her sister's grave danger phone (TGD) was found at her home, suggesting that the victim thought she was safe.

"There is nothing to confirm that she was notified of the release of her ex-spouse from the Fleury-Mérogis remand center," admitted the Bobigny prosecutor's office to AFP.

"The law is badly made"

For Bouchra's brother, his sister's death “could have been avoided”. "The law is badly made, it must be changed," he says. Currently, the Code of Criminal Procedure does not provide for a mandatory or systematic way to inform victims of the prison status of their attacker. However, according to Ernestine Ronai, this "is not the first time that such a situation has happened". "The best tribute that we can pay to this woman is to create a precise device to allow all victims to be warned when their attacker leaves prison", she judges.

This development, called for by several associations that come to the aid of victims of domestic violence, could quickly become effective. At the local level, the prosecutor of Bobigny indicated as of November 30 the imminent establishment of a protocol to inform "systematically" the victims of the end of the detention of their attacker. This is what recommended a circular taken on May 19 by the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. To accelerate the movement, the Minister of Justice announced during a hearing before the delegation for women's rights to the National Assembly the forthcoming publication of a decree to this effect. This project, revealed by our colleagues from Le

now aims to make this information compulsory by the prosecution.

This Thursday evening at 6 p.m., several associations and representatives of the town hall of Epinay-sur-Seine will spring from the foot of the Bouchra building, where she was killed.

A white march to which the relatives of the victim will join for a final tribute.

“My sister is gone, she's up there now.

We are not doing this for us, but so that women are better protected.

Solutions exist, politicians need to hear us, ”concludes his brother.

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