“I just want it to stop. It is unlivable. The young woman will not expand further. Her ex is still in the defendant’s box , before the Thionville Criminal Court, prosecuted for harassment. She has not received any emails or calls since he was taken into custody on January 22.
The victim went to the gendarmes a few days earlier. She says that she feels followed, that she meets her ex everywhere: at the Bertrange shopping center, at the cinema in Thionville, at the Christmas market in Luxembourg, at the post office in Esch-sur-Alzette, on leaving the sports hall in Audun-le-Tiche. At first, she agreed to talk to him. But the proliferation of these meetings is accompanied by numerous emails and messages sent on social networks, via Snapchat, under fifty accounts and nicknames. She will receive 25 calls and 135 messages during her hearing at the gendarmerie.
Dismiss it, without development
At the helm, the ex denies the compulsive sendings, the exchanges, however very personal, intended to poison the life of the young woman. He admits having seen her often. “It’s my first love, I’m having a little trouble picking up,” minimizes the thirties, black jacket, jeans, dark hair and beard. His phone has bounded 52 times in a few weeks in Aumetz where the victim resides.
“We must put a stop to the actions of Mr.”, slice the deputy prosecutor of Thionville, Valérie Kondratuk. The profile of the defendant worries: he was already sentenced in September 2022 for harassment of his ex. The adjustment of his sentence, accompanied by several prohibitions, did not have time to be put in place. “If it had been followed correctly, things might not have happened that way,” said his lawyer, Me La Schiazza, pointing out the lack of legal resources.
The court responds with a firm condemnation, with no alternative this time. He pronounces a year in prison against Malik Souci*, led to detention as soon as the judgment is rendered. Upon his release, the defendant will be prohibited from contacting the victim and from coming to his home for three years.
* Identity published from one year in prison.
