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A former soldier consumed by jealousy landed a straight shot in the face of his wife, in Castelsarrasin, after learning that some of his colleagues are male. This Monday, December 30, 2024, he was sentenced by the Montauban criminal court.
She tried hard to hide her huge cockade behind her black glasses. Friday December 27, a young Castelsarrasinoise was beaten in the street by her husband. He had just learned that his wife, who works in a supermarket, works with male colleagues. Mad with jealousy, this former soldier landed a right in her face before violently pushing her to the ground. She fell head first. Results: 4 days of total incapacity for work (ITT).
However, it was the victim's employer who raised the alarm via the domestic violence coordinator, Madam not wishing to file a complaint. This did not prevent the police from taking up the matter. Arrest, police custody, referral and pre-trial detention: the violent husband appeared this Monday before the Montauban criminal court.
“I did everything to get her to go to the police,” Tefana explains at the hearing. “You indeed declared in the hearing that you believe that this could help you move forward,” confirms President Emmanuelle Yvert.
Nervous, looking disheveled, with disheveled hair and dark circles under his eyes, this 29-year-old man recounts, through disjointed remarks, that his state of health has deteriorated due to persistent neighborhood problems. Which would have repercussions on Tefana's physical and mental health. The army also reached out to this former soldier of the Caylus regiment, in vain. “I don’t see the connection between your jealousy and the neighbor,” replies the president, who has two common-sense pieces of advice to give: move and consult a psychologist.
“I have faith in my husband”
Especially since the defendant has already been convicted by the Papete court, in 2021, for identical facts against his wife. He is therefore in a state of legal recidivism. “In Polynesia, we settle everything ourselves through violence,” he said.
“I also have a part of responsibility: if I had answered sincerely about who works with me, he would have gotten angry but not like that,” analyzes the victim before being cut off by the president. “Just because you lie doesn’t mean you deserve to be hit!” » Very moved, the young woman insists. “I have hope that he will change, I have faith in my husband. »
After recalling that being a soldier is precisely the art of controlling violence, prosecutor Mathieu Galy is concerned about “the trivialization of the facts” in the light of a “face that speaks for itself”. “That he is jealous because you work with men must be a signal of the influence that is taking hold,” says the representative of the public prosecutor who requires 8 months in prison and a temporary ban on contact between the spouses.
“He is very realistic about the couple's situation and he even goes beyond Madame's statements. His living conditions have degraded his psychological state and today, she must let him assume his responsibilities alone. But they are a couple who are destined to find each other again: the sentence handed down must accompany them in this sense. A probationary suspension is enough,” argues Me Julie-Émilia Rodriguez, defense lawyer.
With the revocation of the 2021 suspended sentence, his client is sentenced to 12 months in prison, including 6 probationary suspension, and continued detention. At the end of these 6 months, Tefana will be required to take care of herself, to work and prohibited from carrying a weapon. As the click of handcuffs echoes, a small voice rises in the courtroom. “Can I give him a kiss?” »
