ASSISES The 50-year-old killed her companion with a gunshot on June 4, 2020 in Pornichet
Illustration of the Loire-Atlantique Assize Court, in Nantes. — F.Brenon/20Minutes
The crime had caused a keen ego to; La Baule and Pornichet. Two years after the death of Jean-Charles Mahieux, manager of a motorcycle store, his companion was sentenced on Monday evening to twenty years of criminal imprisonment by the Court of Assizes of Loire-Atlantique. This 55-year-old woman is found guilty of the murder of her husband, reports Ouest-France.
On June 4, 2020, on returning from her day at work, the 52-year-old had been mortally wounded in the thorax by a gunshot fired in his accommodation in Pornichet. Desperate and angry after the announcement of a final break, Karine B. went to get a weapon and then pressed the gun. on relaxation at close range. She had then tidied up the rifle and ammunition and had covered the victim with a duvet.
She had been found the next day by the emergency services, unconscious proximity of the lifeless body, after having ingested a high dose of medication. During the hearing, Karine B. asked; forgiveness to the relatives of Jean-Charles Mahieux.