When Thierry (the name has been changed), 57 years old, arrives at the bar of the court of Compiègne, this Friday, he does not lead wide. This former police officer who worked for 36 years at Roissy airport (Val-d'Oise) is accused of having committed a sexual exhibition in front of schoolgirls, in Ressons-sur-Matz, on March 6.
It was 16:10 p.m. when two teenage girls from a third-grade class saw through the gymnasium window a scene they described as shocking. They are in the process of EPS and see, through the glass, a man hidden between two trees, pants and underpants down. "He was moving back and forth with his hand," says one of them.
Alerted, their teacher takes pictures, but the man has turned around in the meantime. "It was like he was playing hide and seek," says the teacher. He passed the head from time to time. The facts are reported to the principal. This is the emotion in college, the young people think they have spotted his car and see it again on March 8.
"My daughter is certain of what she saw"
The guard sees the individual leaning against a low wall. He asks her for her ID card and takes a picture of her. The gendarmes were warned and arrested him at his home. "My daughter is certain of what she saw. She was in tears after that, "testifies a mother, this Friday, at the hearing.
Thierry is developing another version. "For my health, I have to be physically active," he explains. I was along the river, 40 or 50 meters away and I needed to urinate and I didn't think I was going to be seen. When I saw that there was commotion behind the glass, I hid. »
"My client is experiencing this episode as a terrible humiliation," insisted his lawyer, Romain Binsard. He was seized with an urge and the setting was an invitation to travel. You can't condemn him for that. Having no other elements in her possession than contradictory testimonies, the judge decided to relax, the doubt to benefit the accused.