Killed with a stab in the mouth: the neighbor incarcerated, what we know about the murder of a man in Béziers

Monday, December 2, a 22-year-old young woman was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention, after being heard by an investigating magistrate at the Béziers judicial court.

She is implicated in the death of her next-door neighbor, a 61-year-old man, found dead on Saturday, November 30, in Béziers, after receiving a stab in the mouth which severed his carotid artery, reports Free Midday.

“He would have gotten himself involved in the fight”

According to the public prosecutor of Béziers, Raphaël Balland, the accused denies having intentionally caused the death of his neighbor. She claims that the incident occurred during an altercation linked to accusations made against the victim, whom she suspected of touching her daughter. “According to her, her neighbor then physically attacked her while holding a kitchen knife with which he ultimately got involved in the fight,” the prosecutor said. Free Midday.

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The young woman was recently sentenced, on October 18, 2024, to 15 months of suspended imprisonment for child abduction by an ascendant. She fled to Spain between 2021 and 2023 with her daughter, entrusted to the Hérault departmental council by a children's judge. In the neighborhood, the main suspect is known to be angry, often under the influence of alcohol and drugs. “We don’t know the origin of the conflict, but she was angry with him and was often after him,” a neighbor explained to our colleagues.