Attorney General Gabriel Rollin requested twelve years of criminal imprisonment against a 38-year-old father, tried by the Finistère Assize Court in Quimper since Monday for the rape of the daughter of a former companion, then aged 13, in Brest, in 2018. What the native of Bouches-du-Rhône denies. The verdict is expected in the evening.
The facts denounced by the woman who is now 19 years old date back to October 9, 2018. Around noon, she had joined in her apartment the man who had been seeing her mother for several months and in whom she had “complete confidence”, to the point of call dad in their exchanges, and call his two young children his brother and sister. Fragile, tossed from center to home since she was young, the young woman gave a poignant story on the first day of the trial.
The defense evokes revenge or romantic disappointment
“He told me to be quiet, touched my chest and laid me down. I remember his look, I was paralyzed. And then he penetrated me. » She said nothing for almost a month, until her complaint on November 5, 2018.
At the helm, the 38-year-old father, described as a womanizer, lover of young women, and who rebuilt his life, near Marseille, with a new partner and an eight-month-old child, continued to deny during this second day of trial. Invoking revenge or romantic disappointment.
His lawyer, who recalled that although his record contained 14 mentions, no sexual acts or violence against women appeared there, also requested acquittal during his hour of pleading. Noting some inconsistencies in the young woman’s story, especially in terms of dates. “At least she had a reason to lie. It was about a teenage girl in distress, who had a lot of things come together when he arrived. She wanted it to last with her mother. But when she realized that there was nothing serious, it was a tragedy,” assured Master Pierre-Hector Rustique.
The green light is expected in the evening.
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