The facts date back to June 2022 and took place between Thouars and Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay in Deux-Sèvres. The victim, a man placed under guardianship, suffered acts of torture and barbarity and rape, while he was held for several weeks by a couple, to whom he owed a debt.
He was taken to the bank every week to withdraw the money paid by his guardian. The rest of the time, he was not free to move and was beaten. Victim of strangulation, third degree burns, with cigarettes but also with a hair straightener on the penis, he is also tied with a leash and a muzzle and walked in the parking lot.
Rapes filmed during a party
Other people are being prosecuted in connection with violence committed in Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay. At a party, the man is beaten again and forced to insert a bottle of vodka covered in harissa into his anus. A rape which is filmed and which is repeated the next day.
Two men and two women were arrested, placed in police custody and indicted in 2022 for gang rape, kidnapping, torture and barbaric acts and failure to assist a person in danger. A final indictment order dated November 14, 2024 recorded their referral to the Deux-Sèvres Assize Court (1). The two women are placed under judicial supervision but two men remained detained in this case.
One of them, aged 34, requested his release this Tuesday, November 19 before the investigating chamber of the Poitiers Court of Appeal.
Placed in pre-trial detention since December 2, 2022, he explained his difficulties in detention, where he was unable to find work or training: “I lost all my family ties. I had to sell my house and my vehicle to eat. »
Under judicial supervision at a friend's house
His lawyer pleaded for house arrest under electronic bracelet at a friend's house in Deux-Sèvres. A geographical proximity to the scene of the events which did not convince the attorney general. The representative of the public prosecutor pointed out the risk of pressure on the victim and of consultation with the other protagonists.
Concerns which did not prevent the magistrates from making a decision in favor of placement under judicial supervision pending the trial at the assizes. In the meantime, Deux-Sévrien will be prohibited from leaving the department and coming into contact with the victim and the people involved in this case. He will also have to report to the police every two weeks.
(1) Two other protagonists are referred to the criminal court.
