This is one of the criminal cases that has made the greatest impression in Belgium. This mother who had been sentenced for having murdered her 5 children in Nivelles, in 2007. This Tuesday, Geneviève Lhermitte was therefore euthanized at her request: 16 years to the day, after the fivefold infanticide.
Geneviève Lhermitte was euthanized in a hospital in the Charleroi region. This mother who had killed her 5 children in Nivelles in 2007 had suffered for years from serious psychological problems. She had been institutionalized for several years. The reactions to his death were quick. We collected the testimony of Doctor Michel Schaar. The doctor was a very close friend of the couple that Geneviève Lhermitte formed with Bouchaib Mokadem, the father of the children. He says he understands his choice, but admits that he will never forgive his gesture. “Even if there are 1,000 explanations in the world that can be provided, yes we still want it. We want it to death. “
Recall of facts
On February 28, 2007, she knocked out and then killed her five children, aged 3 to 14, in the family home in Nivelles, in the absence of her husband and father of the children, Bouchaïb Moqadem, who was traveling to foreign. She was sentenced in 2008 by the Assize Court of Nivelles to life imprisonment, then imprisoned in the prison of Forest-Berkendael. She had then benefited from a conditional release to benefit from a psychiatric follow-up.