A trial for assassination opens this Monday, April 17, 2023 before the Assize Court of Hérault. Aged 30 today, the main defendant is suspected of having murdered his wife’s former companion in a camp for travelers on February 14, 2016 in Marseillan, reports France Blue Herault .
His mother-in-law also sued
The young man will not be alone in the dock. His brother-in-law and his mother-in-law are also being prosecuted for complicity in murder, indicate our colleagues. It is also under the impulse of this 54-year-old woman that the accused, 23 years old at the time of the facts, would have shot his victim on Valentine’s Day.
His stepmother would have manipulated him to achieve her ends. She would have claimed several times to be “ready to pay” pour ” eliminate “ her daughter’s former boyfriend. Volunteer firefighter in Agde and without a criminal record, the new son-in-law would then have shot the victim three times with a gun. According to information from the local media, he was convinced that this man was violent with his wife.
false accusations
And for good reason: the latter often complained of harassment and violence on the part of her former boyfriend, with whom she disputed the custody of their infant, indicates France Blue. Summoned by the gendarmes after the fact, the young woman finally admitted that she had not suffered “no violence, no threat, or even an attempt to reconquer” from the father of her child.
The defendant claimed for his part that his mother-in-law was not aware of anything. But by revealing that she had bought balaclavas and walkie-talkies, the investigation has already shown the opposite. The trial, which should last five days, will also focus on the complicity of the brother-in-law. The latter is accused of having hidden the weapons, washed the clothes and provided an alibi to the former Paris firefighter.
