Since Tuesday evening, the tweet broadcast by the National Federation of Femicide Victims has been shared more than 13,000 times. He claims that “no protective measures were granted” to Joanna, “stabbed and strangled [lundi] in Nice […] by her ex-companion”, arrested that day, when she had nevertheless “filed a complaint 48 hours before”. The man who will be indicted for “attempted murder by spouse” this Wednesday was then “released after six hours in police custody”, also assures the post.
Asked by 20 minutes, the public prosecutor of Nice confirms “that there was a police custody this weekend for acts of sexual assault” and indicates that the latter was “lifted Sunday evening for lack of sufficient convincing elements not allowing, at this stage, the exercise of prosecution”. Xavier Bonhomme specifies on the other hand that “the victim did not file a complaint” and that “the facts are also disputed”.
His pre-trial detention required
For the facts of Monday morning, the ex-husband of the victim was presented to a judge this Wednesday at midday for his indictment for “attempted murder by spouse” with requisition of placement in pre-trial detention, also announced to 20 minutes the public prosecutor of Nice.
Seriously injured in the neck, ear and cheek according to a photo posted on the Instagram account @justiceforjohanna, the young woman “narrowly escaped death”. The weapon used “approached less than a centimeter from his jugular artery”, reveals his supporters on the social network. A online kitty was opened “for Johanna and her children”, according to the National Federation of Victims of Femicide.