Three days after his arrest as part of the investigation into the kidnapping of little Mia, Christophe M., a former soldier, was indicted on Friday for "criminal association with a view to preparing child abductions "And" no denunciation of a crime, "said the Nancy prosecutor. He was placed under judicial control with "ban on leaving the departments of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées, obligation to point in the local gendarmerie and ban on contact with other protagonists and journalists", specifies François Pérain, the prosecutor. of the Republic of Nancy.
The 63-year-old man was arrested Tuesday at his home in the Hautes-Pyrénées, before being transferred to the jurisdiction of Nancy, responsible for the Mia case. This retired army lieutenant-colonel is suspected of having participated in the organization of the kidnapping and of being close to Rémy Daillet, figure of a conspiracy movement, suspected of having himself contributed in preparation for the kidnapping of little Mia in April. In the context of this case, six men and the mother of the girl, close to the anti-system movement and conspirators, have already been indicted and placed in pre-trial detention.
During his hearings, Christophe M. admitted having joined the organization led by Rémy Daillet in October 2020.
"From January 2021, he will be entrusted with responsibilities aimed at helping to structure this organization," explained François Pérain.
He also "admitted having given advice on how to organize child abductions", but denied "having participated in the preparatory meetings for Mia's abduction".
The former soldier, however, told investigators "to have been informed of the details of the operation," added the prosecutor.
Kidnapped in mid-April by several men
Little Mia, 8, was kidnapped in mid-April at her mother's request by several men while she was staying with her maternal grandmother in a village in the Vosges. Her mother was no longer allowed to see her alone or to speak to her on the phone. A kidnapping alert was quickly disseminated and significant police resources made it possible to find her five days later with her mother in Switzerland.
Rémy Daillet, 54, a former MoDem executive in Haute-Garonne, excluded from the centrist party in 2010, has since become a figure of the conspiracy movement. In a video uploaded after Mia's kidnapping, he tried to defend himself. Without mentioning Mia by name, he refuted the term kidnapping. He was arrested at the end of May with his pregnant partner and their three children in Malaysia, where they were residing, because their visas had expired. He went on a hunger strike.
