According to the Nantes prosecutor’s announcement on Friday, a 44-year-old man was indicted for murder after he pushed his daughter off the Saint-Nazaire bridge.
A dozen witnesses witnessed the forties pushing their daughter, who was born in 2004, from Saint-Nazaire Bridge, which reaches at 68 metres above sea level. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Murder committed by premeditation or ambush is murder.” The Penal Code stipulates that he is subject to life imprisonment.
Renaud Gaudeul, the prosecutor, said that the father denied all the facts and claimed “throughout his police custody” that he tried to stop his daughter’s suicide attempt. He was presented to an examining magistrate and was indicted.
On the bridge, two gendarmerie soldiers who were on leave said that they noticed the vehicle coming towards them. The man then threw his little girl into the void, and they watched helplessly.
Saint-Nazaire Sylvie Kanovas-Lagarde says the man indicated his intention to jump off the bridge. However, this gesture was stopped by soldiers. According to the prosecution, an investigation was opened to “establish and clarify the family environment”
