A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday June 25, 2024 in Besançon (Doubs) for femicide. He was prosecuted before the department’s criminal court for having ” put to death “ His partner, aged 21 at the time, recalls theAFP.
On January 17, 2022, Céline Jardon was discovered lifeless in her living room by a friend. His companion was found immediately by the police, wandering haggard in the street. In police custody, the thirty-year-old simply mentioned a « dispute » and an ” fight “ with his partner. The investigation revealed an unstable relationship and ” toxic “with a lot of jealousy.
“He didn’t give him a chance”
The lawyer for the civil parties highlighted the difference in age but also in size between the thirty-year-old and his victim: 2 m and 120 kg for him, 1.55 m and around forty kilos for her. According to the autopsy, the young woman received 18 stab wounds, including 16 in vital areas. Several were worn on her neck and back while she lay on her stomach.
Some wounds measured up to 9 cm deep, recalls The Republican East . “He didn’t give him a chance,” said the lawyer for the victim’s family, referring to a “relentlessness”. “She saw herself die in a wave of violence that only stopped because the knife broke in two. »
At the trial, the thirty-year-old repeated that he did not remember anything. An amnesia deemed appropriate by the lawyer for the civil parties, and which did not prevent his conviction. The man was ultimately sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder of a spouse and habitual violence against a spouse.
