A French doctor who was to appear free Monday, November 21 in Paris accused of the rape of several Vietnamese teenagers between 2011 and 2013 in Hanoi is on the "
flight
" and will be tried in absentia, announced the president of the court.
“
It appears that he is clearly on the run
,” noted the magistrate, Franck Zientara, specifying that the accused, Olivier Larroque, was the subject of an arrest warrant.
This 60-year-old man had already failed in justice in March, ahead of his trial then scheduled for May.
"Mr.
Larroque has given no further news.
A first arrest warrant was then issued against him, leading to his arrest in the Pyrénées-Orientales two weeks later.
Locked down, he then appeared before a Parisian judge of freedoms and detention (JLD) who decided to release him under judicial supervision.
His last tally at the gendarmerie dates back to October 5.
“
Since that date, Mr. Larroque has not given any news
,” noted the president of the court, adding that he had been wanted since mid-October by the police.
Noting this absence, the court decided that his trial would be held in absentia and behind closed doors because of “
the nature of the facts
”.
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In post at the French hospital in Hanoi between 2011 and 2013, Olivier Larroque is accused of having abused several dozen underprivileged young boys whom he had attracted to his home or to a hotel and whom he filmed or photographed.
During the investigation, he denied any act of coercion and described himself as a simple client of underage prostitutes.
It was a report sent to the French Embassy in Vietnam in early 2013 that triggered the investigations.
A local association reported the accusations brought against the accused by several street children aged 13 to 15.
"Justice was wrong to trust him"
An SD memory card stolen by one of these teenagers and attached to the mail contained dozens of videos and photographs depicting sexual relations between young Asian boys and Olivier Larroque.
An investigation was then opened in France, leading to the arrest of Olivier Larroque in July 2013 in Hanoi and his deportation to France.
“
Justice was wrong to trust him
” by releasing him in March, Emmanuel Daoud, lawyer for the NGO End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (Ecpat), civil party to the trial, told AFP.
