The first deputy mayor of Lorient was indicted and imprisoned Friday for rape of minors under and over 15 years old, we learned from corroborating sources.
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After the complaints of two people, "
a woman and a man now around 25 years old, a 35-year-old man was taken into custody in the Lorient police station, as part of a preliminary investigation. by my public prosecutor's office, as regards breaches of morals,
”said Lorient prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger in a press release released Friday evening.
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After having varied in his statements, he recognized fairly generally and at this stage, facts committed on the two plaintiffs, when they were minor,
" added the prosecutor.
Friday, judicial information was requested by the prosecution, at the criminal center of Lorient, in particular counts of rape on minors under and over 15 years old, sexual assault on minors under and over 15 years old and corruption of minors .
In accordance with requisitions, the man, also a teacher in a college in Morbihan, was indicted on these counts, then placed in pre-trial detention, by the Judge of Freedoms and Detention (JLD), according to the same source.
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The mayor of Lorient confirmed information from the local media according to which the defendant was Gaël Le Fur, first deputy, in charge of education.
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I withdrew his delegation from him this morning,
" Lorient mayor Fabrice Loher (various right) told AFP.
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I have no other information to communicate, the investigation is underway,
" he added.