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A judicial investigation was opened at the Rouen criminal center for murder by a person in a state of obvious intoxication on December 29.
A 64-year-old man was indicted for murder and imprisoned, suspected of having fatally stabbed a “long-time friend” at the end of December, against a backdrop of excessive alcohol consumption, according to the Rouen public prosecutor's office.
He goes to the police
The accused “presented himself to the gendarmerie of Longueville-sur-Scie (Seine-Maritime) to explain that following a dispute he had just stabbed his friend from long time, who had died”, declared Aude Helbert, deputy public prosecutor of Rouen, confirming information from local media.
-The man was “heavily intoxicated”
When he was arrested, the man was “heavily intoxicated” and explained that he “thought that his friend was going to hit him and grabbed a knife from the table and struck twice without intending to kill him.” added the magistrate. A judicial investigation was opened at the Rouen criminal center for murder by a person in a state of obvious intoxication on December 29.
