A man in his fifties is on trial from this Thursday, December 12, 2024, and until Monday 16, before the Pyrénées-Orientales Assize Court for having fatally stabbed the man with whom he was staying in March 2021, in the town of Ille-sur-Têt.
The files follow one another and are similar before the Assize Court of P.-O. After the trial of a man for the murder of his “best friend” whom he hosted at his home in Trouillas, Stéphane J. will find himself in the box this Thursday to answer for the murder of the man who hosted him in Ille -sur-Têt in March 2021.
After their meeting at the Théza specialized clinic, the accused, who had just come out of yet another alcohol detoxification treatment, was invited to the victim’s house to spend a few days with him. On the evening of the tragedy, Stéphane J., in a very advanced state of drunkenness, allegedly, for a reason that is still completely incomprehensible, stabbed his host in the heart while he was sleeping in his bed.
But Benoit T. would not have succumbed immediately to his injuries. With the weapon still stuck in his body, he would have found the strength to call for help himself, then respond to the gendarmerie services, immediately alerted. Unfortunately, by the time they arrive, it is already too late. The 44-year-old man died from his injuries. While the alleged perpetrator was arrested upstairs, without putting up any resistance.
Given his condition, he was sobered up before being heard. He would have admitted the facts at the very least. Explaining that he was looking for the keys to leave the house and that he was making a disturbance, the owner of the premises allegedly pushed him, that he fell, grabbed a knife from the ground with which he used it. hit “unintentionally”.
The defense of the accused will be provided by Me Catherine Barrère and the victim’s relatives will be assisted by Me Raymond Escalé.
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