A professor from the Hautes-Alpes college, responsible for a section of adapted general and vocational education (Segpa) in Gap, was indicted for corruption of a minor and possession of child pornography, the prosecution said Thursday, May 6. from Gap.
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The 58-year-old teacher, "
who exercises educational functions in a college in Gap
" and is not known to the courts, was arrested Tuesday morning at his home, then placed in police custody, said the prosecutor. of the Republic of Gap, Florent Crouhy, specifying that the man was identified "
thanks to his cell phone
".
He was presented Wednesday to an examining magistrate, who indicted him for "
corruption of a minor under 15 years
", "
corruption of a minor via an electronic communication network
", "
sexual proposals made to a minor 15 years by means of electronic communication and recording
”and“
possession and consultation of child pornography images
".
The investigation, entrusted to the family protection brigade of the Gap police station, began on December 29, 2020 with a complaint to the gendarmerie of a 15-year-old girl living in the Jura. “
The young girl explains having been contacted on the Internet, via social networks, by a man claiming to be 20 years old and using a false identity in order to obtain sex, in addition to an exchange of naked photos and calls telephone,
”detailed to AFP a source close to the investigation. In addition, investigators noted child pornography images on his computer.
"
We are going to set up a listening cell in the establishment because the teacher who is the director of the Segpa had been working for years within this educational community,
" said Catherine Albaric-Delpech, academic director of the services of the 'National Education (Dasen) of Hautes-Alpes. "
He should be the subject of a measure of suspension as a precaution,
" she added. The official was remanded in custody by the judge of freedoms and detention (JLD) and imprisoned at the Marseille-Baumettes penitentiary center, in accordance with the prosecution's requisitions.
