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Recordings Reveal Dismissive Responses to Nine Emergency Calls Before Martigues Woman's Death

Prosecutors are examining possible non-assistance after recordings documented dismissive replies to nine pleas for help.

Overview

  • A judicial investigation opened in Aix-en-Provence for non-assistance à personne en danger remains ongoing.
  • The companion, identified as Samir M., is under formal investigation for violence causing death and is being held in pretrial detention.
  • Seized call recordings show the 43-year-old called firefighters and the Samu nine times in four hours and was told, "You think we’re taxis?" and to "see a psychiatrist."
  • Firefighters and municipal police initially attended after the assault, and she declined hospital transport before dying from a ruptured spleen and internal bleeding.
  • AP‑HM acknowledged dysfunctions and said it is analyzing causes and will take measures, while the family has joined the case as a civil party and is pressing for accountability.