In the trial of the murder of Julie Douib by her former companion in Corsica, the jury chose, Wednesday, the maximum penalty.

The murderer is also deprived of his parental authority over the couple's two sons.

"We will be able to live", reacts on Europe 1 the father of Julie.

The verdict fell on Wednesday: the former companion and murderer of Julie Douib is sentenced to life imprisonment, with a 22-year safety sentence.

He is also deprived of his parental authority over the couple's two sons, a relief for Julie's father, who has provisional custody of the children.

Thirtieth femicide out of 146 counted that year, this femicide aroused great emotion in France and resulted in the organization of the Grenelle Violence Against Women.

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"We will be able to move forward differently"

"We will be able to free me from this fight that we are leading, this legal fight, because the fight against violence against women, I will continue to lead it anyway, it is clear and clear", reacts Lucien Douib, the father of Julie, at the microphone of Europe 1. Evoking his grandchildren, aged 11 and 13 and of whom he has provisional custody, he continues: "We will be able to move forward differently. They will be able to say 'that' There we are, we are breathing ', and every six months they will no longer have to ask what will become of them. "

"We too will not have to ask each time what we must provide, what we must do to finally be free", adds Lucien Douib, who says he has lived for two years with a sword of Damocles on the head. . We've been thinking about Julie for two and a half years: if she's up there and listens to us, I hope she'll be happy with us. "