He asked for and received euthanasia in order to put an end to an “irreversible mental illness”.
Genevieve Lhermittewas 56 years old and in 2007 in Nivelles, Belgium, he had stabbed his five children, 3 years old the youngest, 15 years old the eldest.
After her arrest, she was sentenced to life imprisonment and is now back on the front pages of the newspapers Decision to end his dayswith an injection given to her at the Leonardo da Vinci Hospital in Montigny-le-Tilleul, under a law that has been in force in Belgium since 2002.
The investigation revealed Lhermitte, who had given up teaching years earlier to devote himself fully to his family, was suffering from severe depression at the time of the tragedy and had been for six years He was treated by a psychiatrist.
At the end of the massacre, he unsuccessfully attempted suicide, just before leaving a letter addressed to a friend, explaining that he was in a “hopeless” situation.
In December 2008, the court of Nivelles he sentenced her to life imprisonment as he considered her capable, understanding and willing and guilty of first degree murder, also after the discovery of a letter the woman had written to her psychologist the day before the murders, in which she revealed her plans to commit suicide and take her children with her.
A second analysis concluded that the woman could not be held responsible for her actions and recommended that she be committed to a psychiatric hospital.
After being sentenced to life imprisonment, she had benefited from probation to undergo psychiatric treatment.
Euthanasia granted Lhermitte it is the second case to be highlighted by the national press in a few days: another Belgian, Nathalie Huygensa mother of two, was granted permission to end her life for the mental suffering caused by a rape that took place in Vilvoord in 2016and which no therapy could alleviate.
(Uniononline/lf)
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