A feminicide followed by the suicide of its author: the public prosecutor of Le Mans reveals this Thursday in a press release the circumstances of a news item which occurred the day before in the town of Saint-Jean d’Assé (Sarthe) , a few kilometers north of Le Mans. The prosecution specifies that the events took place near the home of the victim, a 67-year-old woman, who was preparing to return home. Testimonies from neighbors present on the scene helped establish the circumstances.
Implicated for harassment
“Emergency services were called by neighbors“, writes prosecutor Delphine Dewailly, “when a man had just shot his ex-partner with a gun, before killing himself using the same weapon“. The couple was separated for two years. The author, aged 73, had been accused of harassing his ex-partner, which resulted in him being placed in police custody in summer 2023referred and then subjected to judicial supervision until the trial.
The Le Mans criminal court had it released in December 2023, a decision which the prosecution had appealed, indicates the public prosecutor. “The file was to be examined by the Court of Appeal in September“2024, according to the press release.
An investigation for “premeditated murder” is opened by the gendarmes. The press release specifies that “the France Victimes association is contacted by the public prosecutor’s office in order to provide help and assistance to relatives and witnesses of the facts“.
