Six months of suspended prison sentence were required against a departmental councilor of Haute-Loire, prosecuted in the criminal court of Puy-en-Velay for "
complicity in procuring
", alongside his companion for whom the prosecutor has demanded twelve months suspended prison sentence for "
procuring
".
"
We are not dealing with people who have forced prostitutes on people
" but "
with people who have tolerated prostitution
", declared the prosecutor Rodolphe Part.
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Claiming a six-month suspended prison sentence against the elected official forfeited his mandates since his arrest, he assured that he did not want to "
make an example of it
": "
but he committed offenses and there must be sanctions
" , he explained, also requesting a fine of 5,000 euros, but no penalty of ineligibility.
For his companion, owner of the lodging and the building where the investigation had raised the facts of prostitution, he required twelve months suspended sentence and a fine of 3000 euros.
The elected official admitted to having been informed by the press, a few months before his arrest, of the prostitution activities carried out by women lodged in the lodgings of his companion: "
I told him to be careful
", he assured .
She said "prostitution
I do not dispute that it existed, my establishment is not the only one where there is this kind of activity
" but "
I have never participated in anything that promotes prostitution
”.
The man and his partner were arrested in early December following an investigation into the activity of prostitutes in a guesthouse and a building in the city of which she owned.
The surveillance carried out had confirmed the usual presence of a dozen prostitutes and transsexuals from Africa and South America in nine rented rooms.
The Puy-en-Velay police officers had been supported by the Interministerial Research Group of Auvergne and the Puy-de-Dôme judicial police service.
The judgment was reserved on March 18.