• A pensioner has been indicted for rape and forcible confinement and placed in pre-trial detention, we learned on Saturday from the Brest prosecutor's office.

  • The victim confirmed “to have been the victim of regular physical and psychological violence since their separation”, which occurred during confinement.

He would have subjected his ex-companion to violence for several years, in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (Finistère).

A pensioner has been indicted for rape and forcible confinement and placed in pre-trial detention, we learned on Saturday from the Brest prosecutor's office.

The case began in early January, when a man reported that an acquaintance of his "regularly showed signs of beatings on the face and neck" and sent him "photos of strangulation marks and scratches on the face”, explained to Camille Miansoni, public prosecutor of Brest.

The police were taking statements from this woman who had lived for several years with this 62-year-old man and with whom she had a child.

The victim confirmed “to have been the victim of regular physical and psychological violence since their separation [which occurred during confinement].

She also denounced acts of kidnapping and sequestration as well as acts of rape.

Her statements and her attitude evoked a frightened woman, ”added Camille Miansoni.

No criminal record

Several witnesses were heard and explained the influence exerted by the respondent on the victim, who was seen by a forensic doctor and who "noted injuries compatible with the facts denounced and fixed the ITT at 8 days", according to the magistrate.

The sexagenarian, having no criminal record, was placed in police custody Thursday, contesting the facts and evoking "the instability of the victim", according to the same source.

He was indicted in particular for rape, kidnapping, sexual assault and violence.

A judicial inquiry has been opened.

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  • Justice

  • Brittany

  • Brest

  • Rape

  • Violence against women