France: “She is my wife – I do what I want with her.” Tunisian man sentenced for violence against his pregnant wife

To defend himself in court, he simply claimed that his wife must have been fallen. A 26-year-old Tunisian man was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday August 5 for beating his pregnant wife in Plaisir (Yvelines), reports Actu.fr. The day before the court hearing, police had been called to the scene by witnesses. The man had just dragged his wife by her hair from the street into the hallway, where he then kicked her in the head. “She is my wife. I do what I want with her,” he told eyewitnesses at the scene.

The man then fled on a scooter, but finally returned to his house as if nothing had happened, claiming to have been visiting friends. He was arrested and brought to court in summary proceedings. The victim explained that she had been the target of this violent outburst after accusing her husband of flirting with another woman.

Before the judges, the accused assured that he was not responsible for his wife’s injuries. He claimed that although she was four months pregnant, she drank a lot and therefore sometimes fell. He did not convince the prosecution, which demanded an eight-month prison sentence followed by preventive detention. The judges were less strict and sentenced him to four months in prison, a ban on contact with the victim and a ban on entering the family home, according to Actu.fr.

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