44-year-old mother of two daughters was killed on Friday November 26, at the foot of her home, in Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis). Her ex-boyfriend is in custody. She benefited from the “serious danger telephone” protection device, but would not have known that the man had been released from prison a few days earlier.
What happened on Friday?
Bouchra was returning home around 7.45 p.m., Friday, November 28, when she met her ex-companion, Khalid, near the tower she lives in, in Épinay-sur-Seine, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The latter says he came to wait for him “To discuss and retrieve documents and personal effects”. The “Affirms to have come without intention” to kill her, according to the Bobigny prosecutor’s office. However, he was not allowed to come into contact with the victim.
The neighbors heard loud voices in the street. She screamed for help, one of them reports to the newspaper The Parisian . But when the latter looked out the window, she was already lying on the ground.
Called on the spot, the police attempted a cardiac massage. In vain. The firefighters who could only note the death at 8:37 p.m. “A knife having probably been used for the crime was found in a nearby bush”, according to the Bobigny prosecutor’s office.
The ex-companion, aged 51, went to the police station the same evening and was taken into police custody. He says he didn’t come to kill her but he had “Bought a kitchen knife before coming on site”, details the floor this Sunday, November 28. He would nevertheless have recognized “Globally the facts”. He must be presented Sunday evening to justice for an indictment for murder
What happened before this date?
The respondent was sentenced on July 25 to one year in prison, including six months closed for violence and threats against his partner on June 7. After serving his sentence, he had already come on October 5 to the foot of the building where the victim lived with his two daughters, 5 and 14 years old. She then triggered the telephone serious danger, which had been entrusted to him in July.
This portable device has a pre-programmed key, allowing the person in danger to reach a service, accessible 24 hours a day. The latter is responsible for promptly requesting the intervention of the police.
Part of the 50-year-old’s reprieve was then revoked and he returned to prison. He was finally released on November 17, eleven days before the incident.
Has there been a malfunction?
The “serious danger phone” was found at Bouchra’s home. According to The Parisian, she had not been informed of the release of her ex-companion from prison. According to France Info, “No one is notified, not even the police. The Alliance Police Nationale union speaks of a “flaw in the system”.
In parallel with the survey, “A precise analysis is undertaken on the reasons for which this tragedy could occur, in spite of the devices”, said Bobigny prosecutor Eric Mathais on Sunday.
The couple’s two daughters, aged 5 and 14, did not attend the scene. They were taken care of by the feminicide protocol set up in Seine-Saint-Denis. It first provides psychological support in the hospital for a few days, then their placement.
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