“That’s where hell begins ,” said a friend of the mother. “He really played a double game ,” confirmed Julien Plouton, the lawyer for Chahinez Daoud’s parents. He added, “In Algeria, he presents himself as the ideal son-in-law and reverts to his true personality once his wife joins him in France and is trapped with him. ” Over the years, the pressure intensifies . After being taken to Mérignac, Chahinez Daoud is no longer allowed to leave her home or speak to anyone without her husband’s permission. She is forced to wear a headscarf and give him the money she earned working in a school cafeteria. “ A daily life of threats and confinement , ” emphasized Valérie Lavaud, head of the Mérignac departmental center for solidarity and integration, where Chahinez Daoud received support.
Chahinez Daoud: several complaints filed against her spouse
Despite Mounir Boutaa’s control, Chahinez Daoud filed no fewer than four police reports for marital disputes : in February 2018, September 2018, September 2019, and June 2020. But that’s not all! The mother went even further and filed three complaints: in June 2020 for strangulation and threats with a knife, in August 2020 for telephone harassment, and in March 2021 for domestic violence. But after Mounir Boutaa’s conviction and a few weeks of imprisonment, Chahinez Daoud’s nightmare resumed, culminating in the tragedy on May 4, 2021. Now, the victim’s parents are waiting for “justice to be served ” and for “Mounir Boutaa to face the consequences of his actions ,” according to their lawyer, who was contacted by franceinfo.
