Corinne M. was tried by the Saint-Omer criminal court for having injected an insulin overdose from her 26-year-old daughter, suffering from Rett syndrome, a neurological disease that makes her totally dependent.
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Just before, there was a case of stab in a squat, against a background of alcohol, subutex and misery, accused of an accused already condemned in the past for the murder of his ex-partner. Right after, a prisoner detained, with eighteen mentions to his criminal record, appeared for extortion.
Between the two, before the Criminal Court of Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), this Tuesday, October 4, there was the story of Corinne M.
On the morning of February 22, 2018, this mother injected her daughter Emilie’s daughter of insulin, then she tried to kill herself by pricking herself. She lying down, waited, Emilie shouted. Corinne M. went to wake up her husband and told her that she had “stupid.” He immediately called the help, the daughter and the mother survived. Emilie was then 26 years old. It is suffering from a serious neurological disease, Rett syndrome, diagnosed a year after its birth, which makes it physically and mentally polyhandicate, coupled with an insulin -dependent diabetes. Corinne M. was indicted for attempted assassination, it faces perpetuity, the investigating judge requalified the facts as “administration of harmful substances”, a crime punishable by three years of imprisonment.
The voice of the president of the court, Olivier Da Silva, deafen when he called file number two of the hearing of the day. Corinne M. left the bench where she was sitting, between her husband and her son. She wears a dress with a discreet flower pattern, matching the green blue of her jacket, and dark tights in shoes with small heels. She stumbles, approaching the courtroom and puts her hands joined on the bar.
“I had spent a sleepless night. That morning, I got up as usual. Emilie was sleeping. I made her slow insulin. And I went down to prepare her breakfast. I felt a violent pain in the chest. I had already had, but not so strong. I panicked. I saw the kit on the table. It gave me the idea of ending. So I made her normal insulin more doses. I injected myself with a pen started and another pen. I started to lose consciousness when Emilie shouted … “
nights without sleep, devoted days in Emilie
It’s been several weeks since Corinne M. was not sleeping at all. “I was taking sleeping pills but it had to be light for I heard Emilie.” For more than twenty years, she has gotten herself twice a night on average, “sometimes more”, to monitor the blood sugar level of her daughter And noted everything in a notebook. The doctor who followed Emilie confirmed that her diabetes was better controlled by his mother than he could have been by a nursing staff. Moreover, the rare times that Emilie was entrusted to a specialized institution, one or two nights per month, her balance was weakened. “And when she was coming back, she shunned me. I guilty,” said Corinne M.
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