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Accused of sexual assault, assault with injury, assault and false imprisonment in respect of a former spouse, Ilias Atwani, a 26 years old Muslim man began on Tuesday to testify in his defense.
It was in January that the trial of the mining engineer opened at the Quebec City courthouse.
During her testimony, the young woman who said she was the victim of abuse by her former spouse told the court that she had to always listen to her former lover and do what he said or wanted.
Hit several times, according to her claims, she also told the judge Jean Asselin that one evening while she was menstruating, Atwani had wanted to make love to her offering to "park his penis in her anus."
Despite his refusal, and the fact she was saying that sodomy was forbidden by Islam, he would have penetrated the young woman against her will.
Control was such a thing in this Moroccan couple that the accused, Ilias Atwani, had even installed spyware on the computer of his wife to be able to track her (implied is whatever she did online).
Tuesday, in his defense, the engineer denied everything his ex wife said.
Despite all that has been said to the Court, the young man said in court that it is rather he who should be considered the victim in this case.
"She said she did everything to make things work between us, but on the contrary, I argue that that it is I who did everything. It is I who has changed my habits for her, I who have stopped drinking beer, I who stopped greeting my friends because she did not like it ... That's the real control Mr. judge, " he said.
He also giggled when his lawyer, Ms. Susan Corriveau, questioned him on the charge that he controlled the food intake of his ex-wife and prevented herfrom gaining weight.
"I never forbidden her to eat anything ... we even made cupcakes together! Is there something more caloric than cupcakes ??" he asked the Judge while producing a a photo where we can see the accused and his former girlfriend at work together in the kitchen.
The trial is expected to last another 3 days.