“I recognize the facts of murder that I am accused of, I cannot deny them because there are videos”: Liridon Berisa immediately admitted on Tuesday the murder of his partner in 2021 in Hayange, on the first day of his trial before the Moselle assizes, where the chilling images from video surveillance were broadcast, as recounted by our colleagues from Republican Lorraine.
He had ripped off his electronic bracelet
The 26-year-old man, born in Kosovo, killed his 22-year-old partner, Stéphanie Di Vincenzo, in front of their 3-year-old daughter, a particularly sordid murder which had generated controversy around the role played by justice and the police. Liridon Berisa had in fact torn off his electronic bracelet the day before the events, without this triggering the slightest alarm.
“At the start of my incarceration, I didn’t believe it. Over time, I came to accept the gesture I made. I know that I did not make a small gesture, that I could have shocked people, but I am not a thug,” declared the accused on Tuesday, who faces life imprisonment.
“If things don’t go well I’ll take my hits and my slaps”
Serge Ebel, psychologist, noted during the hearing that the accused has a “low tolerance for frustration” and an “appetite for toxic substances which can increase his temperamental dispositions”.
A description that did not please Liridon Berisa at all: “This gentleman is trying to make me appear to be a sick person, I am not a psychopath, I am a family man! If things don’t go well, I’ll take my slaps and slaps and let you debate,” he threatened.
On the night of May 23 to 24, 2021, around midnight, a violent altercation took place between Liridon Berisa and his partner at their home in Hayange, a former industrial city in the north of the Moselle. The young woman had escaped through the window, weakened and bloodied. Several witnesses had seen her running towards the police station, located 40 meters from the home. But the police station was closed… The attacker stabbed the victim several times, in the street, before throwing the weapon in a trash can and fleeing.
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“Extremely violent, alcoholic and jealous”
Between January 2018 and November 2020, the police intervened ten times at the couple's home. Stéphanie Di Vincenzo wanted to leave her companion, described by witnesses as “extremely violent, alcoholic and jealous”. Stéphanie Di Vincenzo had filed a complaint against him in November 2020, but she was not reported to the prosecution.
