Teimouraz Khatifyan was found guilty of the murder of his son Valiko on February 21, 2021. The Maine-et-Loire Assize Court ultimately did not accept the premeditated nature of the action. The 49-year-old accused receives twenty years of criminal imprisonment and a permanent ban from French territory.
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Teimouraz Khatifyan was convicted on June 12, 2024 by the Assize Court of Maine-et-Loire for the murder of his son Valiko committed on February 21, 2021 in Angers. | CO ARCHIVES – JOSSELIN CLAIR
The verdict fell on Wednesday June 12 in the evening. Teimouraz Khatifyan was sentenced to twenty years in prison for the murder of his 21-year-old son Valiko. The Georgian father, aged 49, was tried on June 11 and 12 before the Maine-et-Loire Assize Court for the assassination which occurred on February 21, 2021 in the grandparents’ apartment located at 7 rue Martin Luther-King in Angers.
The crime was committed with a kitchen knife in the presence of the accused’s parents. The latter immediately went to the police station but denied having killed his son in a spirit of revenge towards his wife who had asked him for divorce after a series of domestic violence.
“Not a thoughtful project”
According to the grandmother who witnessed the scene, Teimouraz Khatifyan could not have tolerated that his eldest son forbade him from permanently seeing his second son, then 5 years old. After two days of debate, the Court finally ruled out the premeditated nature of the gesture. It has not been established that Mr. Khatifyan had a thoughtful and mature project. It was an angry reaction.
, explains Me Sébastien Naudin, lawyer for the accused. An additional sentence of permanent ban from French territory was also imposed.
