The Advocate General requested Thursday, July 1 before the Pas-de-Calais Assize Court 20 years of criminal imprisonment against a youth leader, accused of rape and sexual assault on 14 children aged 3 to 6 years , in Outreau.
The verdict is expected Friday, after 12 days of trial.
The prosecution called for the maximum sentence, with a 12-year safety sentence.
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Now 33, the man is on trial for rape and sexual assault committed between 2015 and 2017 while he was an animator at the socio-cultural center and responsible for extracurricular activities in schools in the city of Outreau.
The investigation identified 14 child victims, 12 boys and two girls.
From the box of the accused, the accused admitted caresses, masturbations, blowjobs and sodomy on ten of them, but maintained his denials concerning four children.
He is also on trial for consultation and possession of child pornography images, including videos of his actions, filmed with his own camera.
“
In total, we have eight rapes, thirteen sexual assaults and two offenses,
” summed up Advocate General Pierre Besse, stressing the dangerousness of the accused. “
During the debates, nothing was reassuring. The experts told us: RG is a pedophile, it is deeply written in him
”, he pointed out. “
He has organized his whole life to be with children. Despite his intelligence, he was unable to avoid his taking action and never undertook to take care of himself
, ”he denounced. He also underlined the very young age of the victims and said “
did not understand the denials
” of the accused concerning the statements of four children. "
These families have no interest in charging the accused.
I tell you in my heart and conscience: there have been sexual assaults against them
”.
His requisitions also include a socio-judicial follow-up for a period of 15 years, the wearing of a mobile electronic bracelet at the end of the prison sentence, a care order, an obligation to reside in a specific place outside. under the jurisdiction of Boulogne-sur-Mer, prohibitions on contact with victims and their parents and on carrying out an activity in contact with minors.