A 53-year-old firefighter was placed in pre-trial detention on Friday February 17 for corruption of a 15-year-old minor and aggravated pimping, AFP learned from Saint-Brieuc prosecutor Nicolas Heitz.
Confused by a “
pseudonymous investigator during an action to combat child crime by the Saint-Brieuc research brigade
”, the professional firefighter was arrested on February 9 after his line was identified, said Nicolas Heitz.
Placed in police custody for having "
made sexual proposals
" to a 12-year-old girl and, "
aware of her age
", having promised her "
the purchase of a jacket in exchange for sex
", the man admitted the facts before being released on February 10 under judicial supervision pending his judgment, scheduled for June.
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"Prostitution Proposals"
But the computer equipment seized during the search revealed new elements in the following days, including “
sexual exchanges with a 14-year-old minor, requests for naked photographs in order to sell them, offers of prostitution with (.. .) couples from the swinging world by setting prices
” still according to the prosecution.
Placed again in police custody on February 15, the fifty-year-old admitted "
three sexual relations with this minor
" who for his part expressed his consent and "
not to have been subjected to coercion
".
A judicial inquiry has been opened on the counts of "
aggravated pimping, sexual proposals made to a 15-year-old minor, corruption of a minor, detention, offer, acquisition and capture of the image of a minor presenting a pornographic character"
.
The prosecutor invites potential victims "
of similar facts, in the context of the use of social networks or the professional exercise of the person concerned
", to come forward.
