Friday, in Isère, a woman was strangled at her home by her husband, while they were in divorce procedure. The deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Grenoble François Touret de Coucy announces the indictment for murder of the alleged perpetrator.
The husband in the process of divorce of a woman strangled at her home Friday in Isère acknowledged having killed her and was indicted for murder by spouse and imprisoned, the prosecution announced this Sunday 4 May.
This 56-year-old woman had been discovered dead at home by her son in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, a small Isérois bourg bordering Savoy, and the 59-year-old husband, “with whom she was in the process of divorce since 2023”, had been “found on the scene” and arrested by the gendarmes, explained the prosecutor of the Deputy Republic of Grenoble François Touret de Coucy, press.
During his police custody, “the suspect admitted to being the only author of the facts” and was indicted by an investigating judge of the head of “murder by a person being spouse of the victim and then placed in pre -trial detention”, writes the magistrate.
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The spouses lived separately and “no complaints for violence within the couple had been reported before these facts. The couple was so far unknown to the police or gendarmerie services and was not the subject of any particular follow -up,” said François Touret de Coucy.
In 2023, 96 women were victims of conjugal female in France, according to the latest assessment published by the Ministry of the Interior.
3919: the telephone number for women victims of violence
The “3919”, “violence women info”, is the national reference number for women victims of violence (conjugal, sexual, psychological, forced marriages, sexual mutilations, harassment …). It’s free and anonymous. He offers listening, informing and directs to support and care systems. This issue is managed by the National Federation Solidarity Women (FNSF).
