Reminder of the facts
On January 18, 2022, at 3:16 a.m., a mobile application was installed on the phone of the accused’s partner, in the victim’s name. A transfer of a sum of one hundred euros is quickly made from the victim’s account to that of the accused’s partner, at the latter’s request. Other transfers took place in the following days for the benefit of Kamel Benale.
On February 14, five hundred euros were transferred from the victim’s account to the account of a third party, a friend of the accused. Kamel Benale, who needs money, withdraws this sum from a bank ATM in Fleurus, at 11:32 p.m.
On the morning of February 15, Catarina Dominici cleans in a snack bar near her home. Kamel Benale is in Tamines, with his partner. A new transfer of two hundred euros is transferred from the victim’s account to that of the accused’s partner, via the banking application.
Catarina goes to the bank and finds that withdrawals have been made without her knowledge. She complains to a security guard and a bank employee. She screams: “He stole from me! He stole from me!”
At 10:54 a.m., Catarina calls Kamel who is in Tamines. She tells him that she is going to file a complaint against him.
Between 11:03 a.m. and 11:07 a.m., Catarina was filmed by urban cameras. She informs a witness that she will go to the police in the afternoon to file a complaint against a man she had trusted. She then returns home.
Kamel Benale takes the road to Charleroi, he tries to call Catarina four times. The last communication activated a terminal in Farciennes at 11:13 a.m. He arrived in Charleroi at 11:28 a.m., he activated the antenna on Place Albert 1er, which covered the victim’s home.
He would have tried to cover up his assassination by setting a fire
The fire broke out at 12:40 p.m. Catarina is already dead, because it was not the fire that caused the death. This is the consequence of an acute respiratory distress syndrome characterized by diffuse alveolar damage, according to the pathologist, who favors a mechanical cause. She was probably suffocated. A recent rib fracture was noted during the autopsy.
The accused, who was in the area, mysteriously cut off his phone for several months. On his way home, he asks his partner to find out about a fire in Charleroi. At 2:14 p.m., she published a newspaper article on her Facebook profile. In the evening, Kamel confides to him that he is the author of the fire.
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