• Amin Mimouni, the companion of Salomé Garnesson, whose body bruised by the blows had been found under a pile of rubbish, on August 31, 2019 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, was sentenced this Thursday in Nice to life imprisonment.
  • During the proceedings, the various witnesses, relatives of Salome, but also a former girlfriend of the accused, had described the mechanism of "control" in which this "narcissistic" man, according to experts, locked his companions.
  • The intervention of the police, slowed down by the "unprofessional behavior" of an agent of the 17-police rescue, who had received the call of a witness of the murder, had given him to an investigation of the IGPN, at the end of which this policeman had received a reprimand.

The jurors of the Assize Court of Alpes-Maritimes have decided. Amin Mimouni, the companion of Salomé Garnesson, whose body bruised by the blows had been found under a pile of rubbish, on August 31, 2019 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, was sentenced this Thursday in Nice to life imprisonment with a safety period of 22 years. This 29-year-old man, who had paid lip service to the facts Monday at the opening of his trial after always denying, has never "expressed any empathy for the victim," according to the attorney general who had requested this sentence Wednesday. He was on trial for aggravated murder.

During the proceedings, the various witnesses, relatives of Salome, but also a former girlfriend of the accused, had described the mechanism of "control" in which this "narcissistic" man, according to experts, locked his companions.

Police intervention criticised

"She was very intelligent, very cultured. I enjoyed chatting with her. But she began to see us less, to wear loose clothes, which covered her body, said the mother of the young woman found dead at the age of 21. She also stopped her studies and then quit her job. »

On the night of August 30-31, 2019, witnesses called the police after hearing screams in the street next to their home, and seeing "a youth slaughtering a girl." The intervention of the police, slowed down by the "unprofessional behavior" of an agent of the 17-police rescue had given him to an investigation of the IGPN, at the end of which this policeman had received a reprimand. The body of the young woman was found only the next day, by a neighbor, near the station of Cagnes-sur-Mer, where Amin Mimoumi had "dragged" the corpse. Under a pile of garbage.

Our dossier on femicide

The death of Salomé Garnesson, considered the 100th femicide of the year 2019 in France had sparked a national wave of emotion and indignation. His death occurred a few days before the opening of a Grenelle on domestic violence.

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