Dear readers of Le Figaro,
As every Sunday, we offer you a summary of the "significant" cases of the week through stories, reports or archives. On the menu this week: an extraordinary story on the side of Rennes - with a 14-year-old teenager who weighs only 27 kilos but a mother who denies any abuse -, the assault of Brigitte Macron's great-nephew abused in front of his chocolate factory in Amiens or a gang rape invented by a young woman.
I wish you a good reading and a good Sunday afternoon.
Guillaume Poingt, journalist at the "various facts" division of Le Figaro.
If you want to testify about a case, write to us at faitsdivers@lefigaro.fr
Records of the week
• In Rennes, a reclusive teenager who weighs only 27 kilos
Suspected of ill-treatment of her 14-year-old son, a mother will be tried before the Rennes Criminal Court on October 5.
A report to the justice had been made by caregivers ten months ago, when the mother of the family had presented herself to the emergency room of the hospital of Rennes with her son, victim of a bad allergic reaction. The general state of health "very degraded" of the teenager, who weighed only "27 kilos" for 1.47 meters and did not have a vaccination record, had alerted health professionals.
For her part, the young man's mother denies any abuse. She acknowledges not having taken "the classical way" in her education and accuses the justice system of "criminalizing a mother who tries to do her best".
Find the story of this extraordinary case that still has gray areas.
• Brigitte Macron's great-nephew attacked in Amiens
Three men "in complete dormancy, with chaotic careers" were placed in pre-trial detention pending trial: they are suspected of having beaten Jean-Baptiste Trogneux in front of his chocolate factory.
On Monday evening, at the time of Emmanuel Macron's interview on TF1, demonstrators gathered in the city center to protest against the pension reform. Some then went to the business of Brigitte Macron's great-nephew. The latter, who came out to put an end to the disturbance, was then attacked by several individuals.
"When we look at these three, we realize that we are dealing with everything except people inserted into society, in complete dormancy, with chaotic paths. With the exception of Adrien F., they have an IQ that barely exceeds sixty, "argued the lawyer of two of the suspects at the hearing.
The transcript of the hearing can be read here.
• A fabricated gang rape
She told police she was assaulted and abducted by three men on her return from a jazz concert in Paris and then gang-raped. She had actually invented everything. A 27-year-old woman, with no criminal record, is now being prosecuted.
She said she was surrounded and threatened when she left the metro before explaining that she woke up in the early morning, half naked, in the Bois de Vincennes.
Our article on this fabrication can be read here.
• The mysterious disappearance of a Brazilian woman in Paris
A wanted notice of Fernanda Santos de Oliveira, a 44-year-old Brazilian woman, posted in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Guillaume Poingt / Le Figaro.
Where did Fernanda Santos de Oliveira go? The disappearance of this 44-year-old woman dates back to Monday, May 8, around 6 am. That day, this waitress in a restaurant leaves her maid's room in the opulent rue Cognacq-Jay (Paris 7th). Dressed in a white hooded jacket, jeans and a black backpack, this 1.64m woman gets on her scooter. No one has heard from anyone since.
The mother was seen in Melun (Seine-et-Marne) on May 8 and 9 in possession of a passport and a Navigo pass in her name. What was Fernanda doing so far from home? For now, the mystery remains.
Find our story about this disappearance.
Maintenance
In L'Obstiné: Confessions du flic qui exhume les cold cases, co-written with Catherine Siguret, Raphaël Nedilko looks back on his 26-year career in the police institution.
From the fight against organized crime to the repression of violence against people through the Criminal Brigade of 36 quai des Orfèvres, the policeman has seen it all. Gruelling years during which he managed to unravel the secret of two murders perpetrated in Saône-et-Loire.
Find our interview with this investigator.
Yesterday's fact
Article in Le Figaro of May 21, 2003. Le Figaro.
On May 20, 2003, it is a "return to the perpetuity box" for Patrick Henry. The murderer of little Philippe Bertrand, defended by Robert Badinter, had narrowly escaped the guillotine in 1977 during a historic trial at the assizes of the Aube. A decisive step towards the abolition of the death penalty. "You won't regret it," he promised once the judgment was handed down. The man, who had left college in fourth grade, had embarked on studies, dropping out of high school, maths and DUT in computer science. After 25 years in prison, he was released on parole. Initially a model of rehabilitation, the ex-prisoner was arrested in 2002 in Spain with ten kilos of cannabis and returned behind bars. Patrick Henry obtained a suspension of his sentence in September 2017 for health reasons and died of lung cancer three months later.
By Camille Lestienne
On the agenda
• Tuesday: two men are tried by the criminal court of Bordeaux for the fire of the gate of the city hall on March 23 on the sidelines of a demonstration against the pension reform.
• Wednesday: The Geneva Criminal Court renders its decision in a rape case against Islamologist Tariq Ramadan.
• Thursday: The Amiens Court of Appeal renders its decision in the case of the rape of Shaïna. At first instance, three young men received suspended prison sentences and a fourth was acquitted. The Senlis prosecutor's office had appealed this decision.
Two years after this first attack, Shaïna, a few days pregnant, was stabbed and burned alive in a shed in her city. Facts for which another 17-year-old, with whom she had an affair, was indicted. Another trial is scheduled.
• Thursday: start of the trial of Jean-Claude and Lionel Guedj before the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. They are on trial for violence that led to dental mutilations on more than 300 people in Marseille.
The reading council
Physical attacks are the daily life of a large number of French people. Judikael Hirel, a journalist for Le Figaro, is one of those people who is now placed in the "victim" box. On 13 November 2017, the journalist was brutally attacked in the corridors of the Paris metro. The reason? He simply intervened to stop the assault on a young woman. Reconstruction operations and a legal fight of several years later, the journalist returns to this aggression in a sharp and unfiltered book: Concorde Rouge, which will be released on May 25 by Le Cherche midi editions. At the heart of his anger and concerns: the place and care of victims of aggression in France, all too often left to themselves.
Find the testimony of Judikael Hirel.
By Nicolas Farmine.
Thank you for reading this newsletter. We will see you next Sunday for a new overview of the news of the week.
