Last week he became the English club's all-time top scorer in the Premier League. Stacking up the goals, Yoanne Wissa is having a blast this season in the colors of Brentford, which he joined in 2021. That year, the Congolese striker left FC Lorient after being the victim of a very violent attack on his team. residence. Tried from this Tuesday before the Morbihan Assize Court, his alleged attacker, a 36-year-old woman, is accused of having attacked the footballer with acid.
The facts date back to the night of July 1 to 2, 2021. Shortly before midnight, the suspect rang Yoanne Wissa's home in Plœmeur, near Lorient. When he opened the door, the footballer got acid in his eyes, causing him serious burns. The next day, in the Kercado district of Vannes, a woman of Gambian origin was attacked using the same method by a woman posing as a social worker. The latter had also kidnapped the mother's one-month-old baby.
The suspect's lies after a miscarriage
After analysis of video surveillance images and study of telephone calls, the infant was finally found safe and sound at the home of the suspect, also suspected of the attack on the footballer. In police custody, the woman explained that she had suffered a miscarriage which she then hid from those around her. “Cornered by her lies and various stratagems, she had found no other solution than to kidnap a newborn child who could physically correspond to the one expected,” the Lorient prosecutor's office then indicated.
-The suspect, on the other hand, denied having tried to kidnap the little girl of Yoanne Wissa who had just become a father a few weeks earlier. Tried until Friday, the accused will have to answer for attempted murder, kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and violence.
