A fifth person was placed in police custody in Compiègne (Oise) on Monday as part of the investigation opened after the denunciation by a 15-year-old girl of acts of kidnapping and forced prostitution, we learned on Tuesday August 9. at the prosecutor's office.
The man placed in police custody on Monday has "
already been sentenced for similar acts
" according to the prosecutor of Compiègne, Marie-Céline Lawrysz.
But for his lawyer, Me Antoine Ory, this 24-year-old man "
has no connection with the four other people arrested on Saturday
" in this case.
The five in custody, four men and one woman, all adults, must be brought to Senlis on Wednesday for their indictment for pimping aggravated by the victim's minority or in an organized gang, said Marie-Céline Lawrysz.
On Saturday, three men and a woman were taken into custody after the 15-year-old girl managed to contact the police.
She had "
called a friend, who would have called 17 to denounce acts of prostitution and kidnapping
, ”reported the prosecutor on Sunday.
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Originally from around Reims, the teenager "
placed in a home by a children's judge in Châlons-en-Champagne for about two years
" would have "
run away since May
", she continued.
“
She says that she prostituted herself first in Paris, then wanted to escape her Parisian pimps, and was taken in by a man who took her to Amiens, where she also prostituted herself, before to arrive in Compiègne
," added Marie-Céline Lawrysz.
In Compiègne, she would have prostituted herself voluntarily at the start, before the situation escalated.
The Compiègne police station and the Creil judicial police were jointly seized of this investigation.