He succumbed to his injuries on Monday at the Rouen hospital center (Seine-Maritime) where he had been transferred. A 37-year-old man died after being stabbed by his 24-year-old partner, we learned this Friday from the Evreux public prosecutor's office, confirming information from the daily Paris Normandy. The drama took place the evening before in Vernon (Eure). After “being assaulted again”, the young woman grabbed a knife “under the influence of panic” and stabbed the thirty-year-old with whom she had established an emotional relationship.
She took him to the emergency room of Vernon hospital before being heard as a witness by investigators from the Rouen judicial police and released. The investigation finally revealed that the protagonists had found themselves on the evening of the tragedy in an apartment, where bloodstains were revealed.
She denounces the regular violence of her companion
Placed in police custody on Tuesday, the suspect explained that her companion regularly assaulted her but assured that she “did not want to kill him”. At the end of her hearing, she was indicted for “murder by a spouse or partner” and placed in pre-trial detention, in accordance with the prosecutor's orders.
In 2023, 119 deaths (96 women and 23 men) by violent death within a couple were recorded by police services and gendarmerie units, compared to 145 (including 118 women) the previous year, according to the latest report. of the Ministry of the Interior.
