Midway through her trial, Laëtitia Penvern maintains that she entered the home of Yoane Wissa and his partner, in Ploemeur (56), “to destroy their happiness”. She denies having wanted to kidnap their baby. This totally senseless attempt very much resembles a kidnapping plan.
“I met this lady for the first time”
The former FC Lorient professional footballer, now involved with the English club Brentford, took the stand at 6:45 p.m. this Wednesday. July 1, 2021 should have seemed like a perfect day. The couple had dropped off their two-year-old boy at daycare. With their infant, born on May 15, they decided to go to a restaurant for lunch. “The weather was very nice,” remembers Yoane Wissa. On his way back, the footballer went for a walk with his dog. “That’s where I first met this lady. »
“Who are these crazy people who come to your house? »
When he returned, his agent called him on the phone, as the footballer was then in talks about a transfer to an English club. It's while he's on the line, with his baby in his arms, that the doorbell rings. “It’s this lady, she apologizes, says that her son adores me, that he is sick. She wants to know if I can give her anything. I put my daughter down and write a note: “Courage, your mom loves you.” And I sign.” He opens the door again and gives her the autograph. “My agent, who was still on the line, said to me: Who are these crazy people who come to your house? I tell him: it doesn't matter, it's the job. »
“The upstairs light is on”
In the evening, he and his wife are a little stressed because it is the first night that their son sleeps in his room, all alone upstairs. Their room is on the ground floor. Their baby sleeps with them. Around 11:10 p.m., his agent called him to warn him of an imminent agreement between the two clubs. He goes to the bathroom with his phone to scroll on the Internet. “After a few minutes, I heard noises. I don’t place them too much.” He decides to go out. “I see that the upstairs light is on, and the security gate is open. I tell myself that my wife went to see our son. »
-“My face is burning…”
He goes towards the living room. “I’m getting cash!” Straight away, I kick and scream! There isn't much light. I see something red. I kick. I feel like the person is tripping and leaving. But I see her again! I shout: It's her, it's her, it's her! My wife panics… I can no longer speak, breathe, and I can no longer see anything. I lean against the door so that no one enters. My wife tells me to rinse. My face is burning…”
“Let her tell the truth”
The firefighters arrive. “I say to myself: I took it, but I saved my family…”. At the Lorient hospital, he was told that his right eye was burned. “As soon as I hear a noise, I panic. A doctor tells me in the morning that I have to have an operation, that for my job, he doesn't really know…”. A new eye membrane will be fitted. “It was very trying. » Yoane Wissa has healed and resumed his career. His wife suffered a major depression. “It will leave us with lifelong consequences. We will never again be the people we were before.” He waits for the accused to “tell the truth”.
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