The man suspected of having killed his 77-year-old neighbor on October 19 with a chainsaw in the Oise was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention, Senlis prosecutor Loïc Abrial said on Monday. “The suspect’s state of health allowed his resumption of police custody on Friday October 25, 2024 in a hospital environment.“, said the prosecutor.
The thirty-year-old was first hospitalized under duress, in a judged condition.incompatible with police custody“.
The man admitted the alleged facts, underlines Loïc Abrial, who opened a judicial investigation for “assassination, attempted assassination and death threats“.
The police found the suspect.stained with blood“on October 19 in Verberie, between Compiègne and Senlis. He affirmed”having killed his neighbor with a chainsaw“, indicated Loïc Abrial in a previous press release.
The autopsy confirmed “as the most likely cause of death an abdominal injury following the blows given using the chainsaw found on site“.
The state of recidivism is retained, because the suspect had been convicted in 2014 for aggravated rape, notes the prosecutor.
The man was also convicted in 2019 for aggravated violence, a case for which he “fully purged“his prison sentence was suspended with probation, according to Loïc Abrial. In this context, he was subject to an obligation of psychiatric care until October 2021, which he had respected .
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