Six years after the feminicide of Nathalie Debaillie, a « regret » but no apology from the State – Liberation

Four times, Nathalie Debaillie had come to the Lille police station. Four times, the bank employee and mother of two had told the police the harassment, the hacking, the death threats. Four times, in vain, until the day of his assassination by his ex-spouse on May 27, 2019. This Wednesday, the State, assigned for lack of protection by those close to the victim, was to answer for his responsibilities during a civil trial to the Paris court.

But the apologies that the Debaillie family was waiting for did not come. A « regret »that’s all. The lawyer who represented the State recognized a « mistake »that of « Treatment reserved for repeated alerts by Nathalie Debaillie » and « The inaction of the police services which should have act ». Because it was indeed a « Perfect file »as defined Isabelle Steyer, family lawyer. The victim went to the police station, had alerted the police of hell several times that his ex-spouse made him live. « From the first current hand, the danger was imminent and immediate »underlined the lawyer.

The Lille police station knew Jérôme Tonneau, under judicial supervision for deeds of fraud which had earned him a year in prison. Several of his ex-partner have undergone this violence, with « The same stories, the same forms of harassment« Recalls Isabelle Steyer. In 2015, one of them had filed a complaint