"I no longer have confidence in the justice system": Marie-Claude, 73, speaks out after her house in Nantes was squatted

She hasn't eaten for five days. And for good reason: Marie-Claude told BFMTV on Tuesday, October 28, that she no longer "trusted the justice system" after going on hunger strike , faced with the lack of help to raise awareness about the squatting in her home.

"This problem should have been resolved a long time ago (...) The suffering was so great that a hunger strike couldn't be worse," she explained on our channel.

At 73, Marie-Claude began this hunger strike in Nantes on Friday, October 24. And for good reason: her tenant, who was renting only one of the four rooms, is no longer paying the rent. Worse still: he siliconized the locks, believing that the latter was "too present" in the apartment.

"He left his key in the lock so I couldn't get in anymore," she explains, claiming that he "paid two months' rent after half rent and since September he hasn't paid anything."

After being referred several times to facilities that were supposed to help her, Marie-Claude tried to file a police complaint, but to no avail. And for good reason: the tenant himself filed a complaint for "violation of domicile."

The owner deplores in particular on BFMTV the slowness of the aid structures: "the first time, they gave me a lawyer, so I have to wait a month to get a justice conciliator (...) the months go by and the problem is still there".

The slow pace of the process to get her house back subsequently gave Marie-Claude the idea to go on hunger strike. But for now, the situation remains stagnant. "The first deputy mayor wrote to the public prosecutor and the prefect," reports the septuagenarian, who has, however, "received no feedback" on the situation.

As the winter break approaches, Marie-Claude says she "no longer understands much" about justice.