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[deck]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0729/france.html


French mother admits murdering eight babies
Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:14

A mother has admitted killing eight of her newborn babies in the northern French village of Villers-au-Tertre.

Dominique Cottrez, a 45-year-old nursing assistant, was charged with the murder of the babies after the discovery of the bodies at two houses in the village, which is near the city of Lille.

Mrs Cottrez has admitted suffocating the infants and insisted her husband knew nothing about the pregnancies or the deaths. She faces a life sentence.

Local chief prosecutor Eric Vaillant said Mrs Cottrez had admitted to killing the babies because 'she did not want any more children and did not want to see a doctor to get contraception'.

Her husband Pierre-Marie Cottrez has been freed without charge. He has denied any knowledge of the deaths.

It is understood the new owners of one of the houses called the police last Saturday after finding bones while working in the garden.

The residence had previously belonged to the parents of Mrs Cottrez.

Search teams then headed on to the couple's home in another part of the village, where six more remains were found.

Local residents said the couple had lived in the village for 15 years and had two grown-up daughters who have children themselves.

Neighbours in shock

Mr Cottrez worked as a carpenter and was a respected member of the council in Villers-au-Tertre.

'He's on his third term in office. He used to volunteer in the community. He's a respectable man,' said mayor Patrick Mercier.

Mr Mercier said the the woman was a more withdrawn person who rarely took part in village life.

He said she had a weight problem, which might be the reason why any pregnancies had passed unnoticed.

'I'm still in shock,' the former mayor of the village, Daniel Collignon, told AFP, describing the village as a very calm and rural place.

Neighbours also reacted with astonishment to the news.

'They are normal people, who even have a role in the community,' said one neighbour. 'It's incredible.'

Another neighbour, a man in his 50s, said: 'These are attractive, helpful, polite and courteous people.'

'They had done nothing to suggest that they might be capable of abnormal behaviour,' he said.

[Sez]

I read about this in the paper this morning, absolutley shocking to think that a mother could do that just because "she didnt want to go to the doctor"

[deck]

I read about this in the paper this morning, absolutley shocking to think that a mother could do that just because "she didnt want to go to the doctor"

Especially considering she's a nursing assistant! It's not like she had to go to the village doctor if she didn't want to. It's absolutely horrific!

[Lane]

she should be hung simple as

[Tito]

It sounds more like she as serious mental health problems.

[deck]

It sounds more like she as serious mental health problems.

I would imagine so. If she gets convicted she'll most likely go to a secure mental hospital. She's a functional psychopath.

[Tito]

I would imagine so. If she gets convicted she'll most likely go to a secure mental hospital. She's a functional psychopath.

She should be locked up in a cage where its cold, wet, dark and fed bread and water for the rest of her life. I know this crime was in France but in the UK child murders almost seem to be a daily occurrence. Its ok all these Politicians paying tributes all very well and pc but we need a justice system that makes people think twice about the crimes they are committing.
I read of a story in Florida a few years ago about a African Women who was gang raped and suffered torture and humiliation that including her underage son. The American justice system handed out LIFE terms with no chance of parole to a 14 Year old and 2 15 year olds. To me that is a deterrent and a Murder wasn't even committed.
Prisons should be a place of strong discipline and hard work yet even today my local paper front page is about Staff at Hindley Prison having a very high rate of staff assaults by Prisoners.

[deck]

She should be locked up in a cage where its cold, wet, dark and fed bread and water for the rest of her life. I know this crime was in France but in the UK child murders almost seem to be a daily occurrence. Its ok all these Politicians paying tributes all very well and pc but we need a justice system that makes people think twice about the crimes they are committing.
I read of a story in Florida a few years ago about a African Women who was gang raped and suffered torture and humiliation that including her underage son. The American justice system handed out LIFE terms with no chance of parole to a 14 Year old and 2 15 year olds. To me that is a deterrent and a Murder wasn't even committed.
Prisons should be a place of strong discipline and hard work yet even today my local paper front page is about Staff at Hindley Prison having a very high rate of staff assaults by Prisoners.

And yet there's what over 1 million out of 300m in the US in prison?

[7777]

The husband missed his missus being pregnant 8 times?  

[Tito]

And yet there's what over 1 million out of 300m in the US in prison?

Yes there crime rates are high but they do have long sentences enforced. You have to remember that breaking Probation and carfews result in automatic sentences which propels nearly 1/300 in prison. In the UK for example breaching Probation and ASBO's just result in a small fine and supervision orders. The Yanks know how to deal with serious crimes they lock the bastards up and let them rot.

[jimjack]

The husband missed his missus being pregnant 8 times?  

Doesnt sit right does it!!
She's taking the rap for this imo, cant see him getting off in the long run.

[Red]

Munchousen's syndrome by proxy i think its called.

[hoover]

Munchousen's syndrome by proxy i think its called.

 I could be wrong but I think thats when you make a child ill so they need you, it strings out over a longer period of time. This is infantacide pure and simple