Moroccan Woman Flees Domestic Violence, Seeks Refuge in French Hospital; Husband Arrested

A difficult married life. A Moroccan woman and a Toulois met on Facebook and never left each other. They had gone to Morocco where they got married. They moved in together in December 2020. But their married life is not a long quiet river. The wife suffers repeated domestic violence. The facts had taken place on December 24 and May 3.

On December 24, he hit the young woman. He takes a liking after this first domestic violence. He reoffends on May 3. That day, rifle in hand, he threatened to kill his wife and hit her, reports L’Est républicain. Faced with the threats, the twenty-year-old takes flight. She finds refuge at the Toul hospital. The police take care of the victim. She will later be welcomed at the Jacques-Cordier shelter. The first domestic violence caused her one day of ITT, that of May 3 three days.

Arrested then placed in police custody on May 5, the defendant partially acknowledged the facts he is accused of. He said the weapon he used to threaten his partner is a family inheritance. He is now being prosecuted for domestic violence causing ITT of less than or equal to 8 days and illegal possession of weapons and will likely appear on a prior admission of guilt in January 2022.