Poitiers (AFP)
A hundred people gathered Sunday in Poitiers to honor the memory of Sarah V., a mother killed with a gun in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday at his home on the day of his 30 years.
His ex-companion, father of his third child, recognized the shot but not his intentionality. The 38-year-old man was indicted on Friday for murder and placed in pre-trial detention.
On the forecourt of a shopping center in the popular district of Couronneries, members of the family, politicians including the mayor of Poitiers, Alain Claeys (PS), and other people responded in a gloomy weather to the call different women's groups.
Some brandished signs such as "stop feminicide" or "We are the cry of those who have no voice," said AFP.
"Unfortunately this is not the first time we see this in the region, says Mad Joubert, a member of the collective March 8. Already last year, but each time, we talk about + drama conjugal +. It's not possible, just because a woman leaves her companion does not mean she has to be killed. "
This gathering comes two days before the "Grenelle of domestic violence" which feminist associations do not expect much.
"It is primarily a question of budget, and it has already been stopped before the discussions begin," denounced Sophie Le Mo, the same collective. This is just a shot of com, moreover feminist associations have not even been invited.
"We know the measures to implement, it just takes a political will," insists Valerie Soumaille of the collective March 8, before tapping the desired devices: a better consideration of complaints, measures of removal violent spouses ...
"This gathering is not just the story of Sarah and her ex, it is the issue of handling such cases, Sarah, it is a victim among 99 others", according to a count of the militant group "Feminicides by journeyman or ex".
Sarah V. had filed three complaints against her ex-companion but they "have served no purpose," said Nathalie and Karine, relatives of the victim.
"It was + anticipable + but nothing was done, she denounced.It must happen murder for things to move."
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