An Assize Court (illustration).

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P. Magnien / 20 Minutes

  • A fifty-year-old was sentenced to twelve years in prison for attempting to slaughter his wife.

  • The facts date back to October 2017 in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

  • The accused, who admitted the facts before the Assize Court, had stabbed his wife several times, before watching her die and then finally notified the emergency services.

More than two years later, the victim has preserved these moments of horror intact.

It was October 18, 2017. As she was washing her hands, her husband caught her from behind and threw her to the ground.

Then, sitting astride her, he stabbed her in the throat.

After several hours of watching her die, he finally called for help.

For these facts, the fifty-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to twelve years of criminal imprisonment by the assizes of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in Nancy.

The jurors went beyond the requisitions of Advocate General Yann Daniel, who had requested ten years' imprisonment against Pascal Thomas, 52, who ended up acknowledging the facts, on the last of three days of hearing after having denied and multiplied the versions.

An eight-centimeter wound

"I think the best would be that you free yourself, that you recognize what you did", launched Tuesday the victim at the bar, turning to her husband with whom she is in the process of divorce, according to Me Alexandre Bouthier , his lawyer.

After his confession, Pascal Thomas collapsed in the box of the accused.

The medical expertise highlighted several wounds, "including an anterior cervical of eight centimeters with open lesion of the trachea", "or in a potentially fatal area".

The accused spoke of accidental injuries, claimed that his wife had cut herself and also took refuge in self-defense in the face of this woman who had confessed to him a short affair.

Justice

Lyon: A man sentenced to 20 years of criminal imprisonment for having martyred and killed his wife

Miscellaneous

Guadeloupe: A fifty-something and his mistress imprisoned after the death of another of his lovers

  • Violence against women

  • Trial

  • Feminicide

  • Justice

  • Lorraine