In Vendée, a father is being prosecuted for violence against his son, “it was his mother who told him to say that”

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“He repeated what he was asked to say. » This is the line of defense of this 33-year-old father.

At the helm of criminal court of La Roche-sur-Yon, this resident of La Ferrière completely refuted the accusations of physical and psychological violence perpetrated by him and his partner on his seven year old son.

He denies the slaps, the cold showers, the spankings, the pinched noses, the pats on the back of the head, the chairs against the wall… “It was his mother who told him to say that. »

He remains convinced that his ex-wife has not digested their separation. And the fact that he leaves with his sister twelve months after their marriagejust like the fact that the two women gave birth six months apart.

In this blended family, where the aunt is also the victim's stepmother, her half-sisters her cousins, the investigators had difficulty disentangling the truth from the falsehood.

A runaway at 7 years old

What remains is the word of the little one, auditioned at Vendée reception center for minor victims (Cavvim) and during the social survey.

“The doctor who heard him noted that he was censoring his speech,” read President Laurette Ropert. “He also noted psychological insecurity. »

What can we say about the runaway when he took refuge with his grandfather, “after having been deprived of a snack and not having had enough to eat for two days.

For the lawyers of the father and stepmother, there is a lack of concrete “proof” of the abuse. “The prosecutor talks about bundles of elements,” insisted one of them.

In the absence of probative evidence, “you cannot enter into the process of conviction”, indicated the father's counsel. The mother-in-law's lawyer pleaded for “relaxation”.

Deputy prosecutor Nathalie Demorand was more categorical. “So that the child can grow up peacefully”, she requested the withdrawal of parental authority et six months suspended sentence for both adults.

The judgment will be delivered on November 28.

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