Chahinez Daoud died murdered by her husband in Mérignac in May 2021. An investigation indicates that this feminicide could have been avoided without a succession of professional misconduct highlighted.
Mérignac’s feminicide could have been avoided. This is what suggests the convening of a disciplinary council by the director general of the National Police. Investigation France Inter reveals that the murder of Chahinez Daoud by her husband Mr. Boutaa could be the tragic result of a succession of professional faults and errors of judgment. A commissioner, two commanders and a brigadier are threatened with sanctions. Professional faults, which were not qualified as serious faults, could have been individually remedied. It is their succession which contributed to the death of Chahinez Daoud. It is also the non-triggering of a strong alert after the sequestration of Chahinez by her husband on March 15, 2021. The man had been released from prison since December 2020 without his ex-wife having been notified. In addition, the departmental family protection unit more qualified for this situation was not contacted. A Girondin commissioner quoted by France Inter emphasizes that he is “incomprehensible that no executive has seized the departmental family protection unit capable of leading a real hunt for the violent husband, already sentenced to several months in prison “.
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One of the officials already convicted of domestic violence
As early as July 2021, the prosecution confirmed information from the Chained Duck which constitutes a link in the explanation of the lack of effectiveness of this complaint. The official in charge of collecting Chahinez’s complaint had himself been convicted of violence. Followed up for alcohol problems, he made an incomplete complaint, where parts were missing. The training of the police for a better reception of women victims of violence is regularly put forward, the associations calling for it to be greatly improved.