A couple was stabbed to death at their home in the Richelieu district of Nîmes on Saturday July 16. On the run, the suspect, a former companion of the young woman, was arrested on Monday July 18 at the end of the afternoon.
Saturday July 16, a couple was violently attacked around one o’clock in the morning, in an apartment in the Richelieu district. Aged 30, the former companion of the young woman broke down the door before inflicting stab wounds, first on his former companion. She escaped with serious defensive wounds to both arms. Present in the accommodation, his new companion was in turn attacked with a dozen blade strokes, mainly in the back, by this out of control assailant.
Recluse since the facts
Actively sought since the events, the suspect already known to their services had fled when the police arrived, while the couple in shock and seriously injured, was taken care of by the emergency services.
Monday, July 18, the defendant in this case for the time described as a double attempted homicide was arrested at the end of the afternoon, in the apartment of one of his relations where he had been living as a recluse since the facts. Injured in the chest following the events, the man would have recognized the facts which are attributed to him, during his hearing, this Tuesday, July 19. The criminal ITT of his former companion now released from the hospital was set at five days. That of his new companion still hospitalized, ten days old. Present during this scene of ultraviolence, the children of the assailant and his former companion were taken care of by their grandmother.
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