Ann Lawrence Durviaux (13 August 1968 – 15 August 2021) was a Belgian jurist and academic.[1] She was a professor of political science and criminology at the University of Liège.
Ann Lawrence Durviaux | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1968 Namur, Belgium |
| Died | 15 August 2021 (aged 53) Gouvy, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | Jurist Professor |
Biography
editDurviaux was born in Namur on 13 August 1968. She earned a law degree from the University of Liège and pursued a career as a lawyer, specializing in public and administrative law. She earned a doctorate degree in 1993 and was an assistant professor of administrative law and litigation at Liège until 2006. While at the school, she served as Vice-Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Law. She also worked as a lawyer in Namur alongside Claire Doyen-Biver.[1] In 2007, she became Director of the Laboratoire européen d'administration régionale et locale, a research and training laboratory for local communities.[2]
On 15 August 2021, Durviaux was found shot dead with her mistress, Nathalie Maillet in Gouvy. Maillet's husband, Franz Dubois, was the suspected murderer, as he called the police before turning the gun on himself in an apparent suicide.[3][4][5] Durviaux was buried in Ciney on 23 August.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Présentation Générale" (PDF). droit.ulg.ac.be (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Décès de la Professeure Ann Lawrence Durviaux". University of Liège (in French). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Nathalie Maillet et Ann-Lawrence Durviaux tuées par balles: ce que l'on sait sur le double meurtre de Gouvy". 7sur7.be (in French). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "L'avocate namuroise Ann Lawrence Durviaux est la deuxième victime du mari de la directrice du circuit de Spa-Francorchamps". L'Avenir (in French). Gouvy. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Wernaers, Camille (16 August 2021). "Double féminicide à Gouvy : "C'est un homme qui a tué deux femmes parce qu'elles se désiraient"". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Nach der Trauerfeier in der Kathedrale von Malmedy drehte Nathalie Maillet letzte Runde auf der Rennstrecke". Ostbelgien Direkt (in German). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Ciney: des fleurs blanches et beaucoup d'émotion pour l'ultime hommage à Ann Lawrence Durviaux". L'Avenir (in French). Ciney. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.