A “quasi-feminicide” | He strikes his spouse with a wooden board by sexual frustration

A man on the South Shore struck his spouse with a wooden board, seriously injuring her because he felt deprived of sex life. Nevertheless, A sneaky and planned attack which today costs him six years in prison.

Updated yesterday at 4:49 p.m.

“He attacked his spouse in a sneaky way. Therefore, with great violence,” said Judge Magali Lepage, making his decision at the Longueuil courthouse.

The man of Saint-Basile-le-Grand has been held since his arrest. Moreover, First accused of attempted murder, he pleaded guilty last year to a serious assault accusation.

The facts date back to February 2022.

It’s a morning like the others. Furthermore, Victoria* reads the news in the kitchen. Moreover, Simon*, her husband from the past 24 years, sneaks behind her armed with a wooden board “2 x 4”. Moreover, He gives her a blow. Consequently, Then another. The “quasi-feminicide” | he strikes his victim, whose identity is protected by an order, pretends to lose consciousness.

His executioner grips his head and strikes on the ceramic floor on several occasions.

Victoria, who recalls cancer, is defenseless. “She tries to convince the accused that she is not ready to die. ” said the judge by reading her decision on Monday afternoon.

Instead of calling for help. the assailant “negotiates” with his victim for almost 40 minutes, according to the summary of the facts deposited at the Court. He mentions that he cannot continue to live with her and insists: they must break. He tells his spouse to tell their children that she fell on the stairs to camouflage his crime.

“He is afraid that the victim will break his life,” said the judge.

Victoria lives with a concussion and post-traumatic shock. In a poignant letter to the courtyard, she described the assault as a huge betrayal and a nightmare that continues. The consequences prevent him from finding a job. Using a computer remains difficult.

The false version of the facts made by his ex-husband describing a fall on the stairs still affects him. “Children trivialize the facts for the benefit of their father. She is concerned about the accused’s manipulation capacity, ”explained the magistrate on this subject.

She also fears the return of the accused to the company, she said in court.

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He rejects the fault on the victim

The day before this “quasi-feminicide”, Simon was angry. Victoria had just told her that she believed to be “quasi-feminicide” | he strikes his asexual. that is to say not to feel of sexual desire. This revelation insults it to the highest point.

The accused rejected the fault of his ex-wife, according to court documents cited by the judge. “I discovered that she had hidden this for me for years. It is as if I discovered a vice hidden in my house. She knew that I had needs. she did our lives in the air, “he told an expert responsible for assessing it.

The magistrate strongly denounced this disturbing reaction.

“Rather than accompanying and supporting his spouse, Mr. is angry and insulted. Rather than trying to understand. sir and considers that it is his fault if he did not have the sex life that he wants, even that he deserves. »»

The offender is “quasi-feminicide” | he strikes his selfish and unleashed, according to the judge. He said he was the victim of manipulation and economic violence by his wife over the years.

He has about a year and a half left in prison given the preventive detention. He will be subject to a three -year probation during which he must refrain from contacting the victim.

The prosecutor m^e Bruno des Lauriers asked between seven. eight years of penitentiary, while the defense lawyer, M^e Marie-Hélène Giroux, suggested five years.

* Fictitious first names, to protect their anonymity