With his clumsy demeanor and his slightly wrinkled blue shirt, this thirty-year-old does not seem familiar with courthouses.
However, it was as a repeat offender that this IT consultant appeared this Wednesday at the hearing of the Versailles criminal court for viewing child pornography images.
This 36-year-old man was arrested at his home in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines) only a few days ago.
He is suspected of having, from 2020 to February 2024, imported, consulted, and possessed photos of naked minors.
He was remanded in custody pending his trial on April 3.
Time to conduct an in-depth psychological assessment.
His lawyer pleads pathological behavior
Well integrated socially, in a relationship for two years with a woman who does not live with him, he works in particular in La Défense (Hauts-de-Seine).
“I do software installation and software training in companies,” he explains.
However, he has a history.
In 2007, he had already been convicted and served in prison for acts committed in 2004 and 2005, when he was only around fifteen years old.
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“It’s an isolated situation of someone who is sick, who needs care.
It’s a pathology, argues the defendant’s lawyer.
He is a spectator.
He is not dangerous for anyone.
He is only dangerous to himself.
» “This type of facts is serious,” retorts the prosecutor, for whom the risk of repetition of the facts is not to be taken lightly.
It is “extremely dangerous”, she believes, while deciding that “it is necessary to know his personality well” in order to “understand the facts and pronounce an appropriate sentence”.