The 22-year-old woman killed in the night from Sunday to Monday in Hayange had filed a handrail against her spouse on January 14, 2020, as well as a complaint on November 3, 2020. They reported "verbal violence, harassment or death threats ". The author was not, however, "judicially identified as an abusive spouse".

Metz public prosecutor Christian Mercuri refuted on Tuesday any "dysfunction of the judicial services" which could have led to the alleged feminicide committed in the night from Sunday to Monday in Hayange on a young woman of 22 years. "I do not think that at the moment we can speak of a dysfunction of the judicial services in this case", he declared at a press conference, while acknowledging that the victim had filed a mainstream, January 14, 2020, and a complaint, November 3, 2020, against her spouse.

This handrail and this complaint reported "verbal violence, harassment or death threats", he said, adding that they had been filed before imprisonment in November 2020, for traffic offenses, the alleged perpetrator of feminicide.

In mid-May, the Court of Appeal authorized this 23-year-old young man of Serbian nationality to continue his home detention under electronic surveillance (DDSE), an arrangement that was initially refused to him by a judge. enforcement of penalties.

Not "judicially identified as a violent spouse"

The suspect was arrested Monday afternoon in Hayange at a couple of his acquaintance, a few hours after the murder of his companion, who was stabbed.

Also according to the prosecutor, there had also been in the past "several interventions of police assistance to the marital home", the prosecution does not yet have the "exact reasons" for these interventions.

The author was not, however, "judicially identified as being a violent spouse", insisted the magistrate.

"If he had been identified as such, he would not have benefited from a sentence adjustment to the marital home," he said.

"Neither the penalty enforcement judge, nor the penalty enforcement chamber (of the court of appeal, Editor's note), were aware" of the complaint, nor the prosecution when this arrangement was made. decided, he hammered.

Still according to the prosecutor, the complaint had "not remained a dead letter in a police station", but had led to "the referral of the social worker of the police station, entered into relationship on several occasions with Madame Di Vincenzo", the victim, who had "not wished to go further in the process".