French woman jailed for shooting her abusive boyfriend in the head

A young woman who shot her abusive boyfriend in the head as he lay in bed and dumped his body in the bathtub has been jailed for 12 years.

Yann Bachelot, 35, was found wrapped in a shower curtain with a plastic bag over his head in the fashionable French town of Vannes in Brittany.

His mummified body lay in the sealed-off bathroom for three years until the landlord finally tried to repossess the flat in an upmarket area of the port city.

Mr Bachelot was shot after he imposed a reign of terror on his 27-year-old girlfriend Emilie Tobie, repeatedly beating and forcing himself on her.

Yann Bachelot, 35, was found wrapped in a shower curtain with a plastic bag over his head in the fashionable French town of Vannes (pictured) in Brittany

On one occasion the child nurse was locked up for eight days and told she was going to be shot her and her body dumped, the court heard at her trial.

Another time the former navy seaman, who quit after two years because he ‘couldn’t handle discipline’, held a .22 rifle to her head and threatened to pull the trigger.

Tobie finally snapped after a violent row in October 2012 when she said she wanted to accompany her cousin to choose her wedding gown.

Fearing for her life she grabbed a shotgun and shot Mr Bachelot in the head while he was lying on their bed.

She then dragged his body into the bathroom, wrapped it in a shower curtain with a black plastic bag over his head and left the body in the bath.

Tobie sealed off the bathroom door with tape, moved out of the flat, and told her friends her boyfriend had gone to live in Spain.

She moved into a new flat with a new boyfriend at the nearby tourist resort of Arradon on the picturesque Gulf of the Morbihan.

In September 2015, the owner of the Rue Saint-Gildas flat sent a bailiff and a locksmith to the to repossess the premises due to non payment of rent.

The locksmith opeed the flat door and the two men began to inspect the interior. At first they were puzzled because the doorway to the bathroom appeared to have been carefully concealed.

In September 2015, the owner of the Rue Saint-Gildas (pictured) flat sent a bailiff and a locksmith to the to repossess the premises due to non payment of rent, finding the body

In September 2015, the owner of the Rue Saint-Gildas (pictured) flat sent a bailiff and a locksmith to the to repossess the premises due to non payment of rent, finding the body

They had to rip off the tape aroud the and on opening it were immediately assailed by the odour of decaying flesh.

In the bath lay the body of a man with a gaping wound to the head still wrapped in the plastic shower curtain.

They called Gendarmes who in turn summoned forensic detectives who quickly realised they were looking at the mummified remains of a murder victim.

Gendarmes traced Tobie to Arradon and after eight hours she admitted killing her boyfriend because he had been violent and threatening.

In court during a four day hearing her lawyer pleaded for a light sentence on the grounds of legitimate defence.

But on Thursday the jury found Tobie, now 30, guilty and jailed her for 12 years – more than the 10 years prosecutors asked for.



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