The young man confessed to being the author of the shot that fatally struck the 22-year-old victim in Fort-de-France, between Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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The death of a young woman has sparked outrage in Martinique. A 22-year-old man was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and placed in pre-trial detention in Fort-de-France, the prosecution announced on Friday 16 February.
The youth confessed to being the author of the bullet that fatally hit the 22-year-old victim in the face between Tuesday and Wednesday night. He However, emphasize “It’s an accident, it’s completely unintentional”Clarisse Terron, public prosecutor of Fort-de-France, is quoted as saying.
This version did not convince the investigating judge in charge of the case, who considered it “That there were serious and consistent indications, to the extent that he shot in front of the victim who died”. Justice relied on the testimony of a friend of the victim who was present at the apartment and called for help.
“Horrible Valentine”
The man went to the Fort-de-France police station late Wednesday afternoon on the advice of his mother. Known to the police and courts, he was sentenced to eight months in prison in 2023 for possessing a category C weapon. This is the third murder in Martinique since the beginning of the year, the first being a femicide.
The Martinique Women’s Union condemned Wednesday “Horrible Valentine”. “She was killed because she was a woman”Another Martinican feminist organization, in part, protested for cultural equality.
