The prosecution requested Thursday, January 19, twenty years of criminal imprisonment against a man tried for having beaten and tortured almost to death a two-year-old child for two weeks, the main accused among six people who have been appearing for ten days in Douai. .
The Advocate General, Cécile Villoutreix, also requested a two-thirds security period and a socio-judicial follow-up of 10 years against this man, accused
of "acts of torture and barbarism
", and who admitted the facts. .
Unheard-of violence
The accused, to whom the little boy had been entrusted by his mother in Auberchicourt (North), in December 2018, "
prompted
" the dynamics of "
unheard of violence, exercised free of charge
" for 15 days on the child, pointed out the general counsel.
During alcoholic evenings involving to varying degrees the six accused, the child had notably been tied up with scotch tape, used “
like a football
”, trampled, pushed down the stairs or even deprived of sleep.
The required sentence is below the legal maximum incurred, 30 years.
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Hospitalized on December 18, the little boy had been placed in an artificial coma, suffering from serious head trauma, numerous hematomas and fractures of the pelvis and tibia.
Now seven years old, he suffers from significant neurological and psychological sequelae, according to his lawyer, Me Alain Reisenthel.
“
It took him a year to learn what a smile was, two years to relearn how to walk.
»
The fate of the defendants
"
Dried up
" emotionally, the accused lived a "
terrible
" childhood and has an IQ "
at the limit of mild mental deficiency
", according to the personality investigator.
Against her companion, Cécile Villoutreix demanded 15 years of criminal imprisonment with a two-thirds security period, and requested the total withdrawal of the couple's parental authority over her five daughters.
For two men, who participated in the most violent scenes, she asked for 12 and 10 years of imprisonment respectively.
For the sixth defendant, she requested five years' imprisonment for failure to assist a person in danger.
Withdrawal of parental authority for the mother
For the mother of the little boy, accused in particular of not having denounced the violence he suffered and of not having had him treated immediately after recovering him, the magistrate asked for six years' imprisonment, with a warrant of deposit.
She also requested the total withdrawal of her parental authority over her two sons.
