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Twenty years' imprisonment required against an ex-gamer tried for rape and attempted murder

2023-02-09T21:51:03.958Z


Twenty years of criminal imprisonment were required Thursday, February 9 against the former gamer "Mr WaynZ", tried at the Paris Assizes for having violated two ...


Twenty years of criminal imprisonment were required Thursday, February 9 against the former gamer "

Mr WaynZ

", tried at the Paris Assizes for having raped two spouses and attempted to kill in 2019 a third companion whom he had just kidnapped and assaulted sexually.

Real name Yannick Nascimiento, this 34-year-old influential former Youtuber had made his virtual community a "

hunting territory ", in search of "

fragile

" victims

whom he placed under his "

grip

", estimated the Advocate General Philippe Courroye, castigating a “

manipulative

” and “

structurally dangerous man in his relationship with women

”.

“We are like in a video game”

Locked down since October 2019, the 30-year-old is notably accused of having tried to kill Cécilia (first name changed) on January 20, 2019 in his Parisian apartment by strangling her after having imposed sexual touching on her and having kidnapped her.

It is his cries and cries for help that will alert the police.

During the investigation, three other victims had emerged, including a young woman who was allegedly repeatedly raped by the accused, with whom she had a relationship between 2007 and 2013 and had a child.

The accused had met three of his alleged victims in the sphere of online games and was followed by 220,000 subscribers on his Youtube channel.

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Taking advantage of this small fame, the one who was known under the alias of "

Mr WaynZ

" "

trapped

" these women by concealing his "

egocentrism

", his "

violence

" and his "

morbid jealousy

", estimated Philippe Courroye .

"

We are like in a video game about Janus, the man with two faces

," he said.

On the one hand, 'Mr WaynZ', a small cador on the console, a tiny Casanova who knows how to play on the fragility of his prey.

And on the other side, behind the screen, someone sordid, as manipulative and violent as video game characters

.

Dismissal of attempted murder

Criticizing a “

radioactive personality who left a field of ruins

”, the Advocate General urged the court to give back to the victims “

this dignity which was destroyed by the one who objectified them

”.

In the morning, Me Vanessa Zencker, who defends two civil parties, denounced

the “impunity

” from which the accused had benefited and the “

constant fear

” that he instilled in his victims.

The defense for its part called on the Assize Court to "

show fairness

" and to be wary of any "

hasty judgment

" on the accused, who recognizes certain facts, in particular of having imposed fellatio on one of his ex-girlfriends, but denies the attempted murder.

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This offense "

requires a start of execution and an intention

" which are both lacking in this case, assured one of his lawyers, Me Guillaume Halbique, pointing in particular to the absence at Cécilia "

of signs of strangulation

" during the medical examinations shortly after the fact.

"

We don't even bother to give you the elements to convict him

", added his other counsel Me Raphaëlle Rischmann, rejecting that the accused, undermined by a "

chaotic

" childhood, is "

structurally deviant

".

The verdict is expected Friday.

Source: lefigaro

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