“Despite Andrea’s consent
, this is a serious offense. He had sex with her when she was only 13 and not more than 15. It was this bar that meant that he did not have to have sex with her ”. It is 4:07 p.m. on January 21 at the Quimper court. The prosecutor Philippe Lemoine requires a 12-month suspended sentence, a fine of € 800 and the registration of the accused in the File of perpetrators of sexual offenses (Fijais).
Standing in front of the court, the 24-year-old mechanic, quite tall, admits the facts. He arrived in the Quimper region in 2016, “following his parents”. Showing “emotional immaturity” and a “shyness towards adult women” according to the expert psychiatrist, he was “mocked” by his classmates, at the age of 17, “because he couldn’t flirt ”. Marked, he shut himself up, before opening up on social networks, such as Snapchat, where he created a profile under a nickname, “Théom761”, where he said he was 19 years old.
“She told me she was 16 at the start”
“I wanted to meet people, I didn’t know anyone,” he says. Andrea? He added it to Snapchat in September 2019. “His name and his nickname were offered to me”. The two exchanged a few messages. “She told me she was 16 at the start. I immediately suggested that we send each other nudes or that we do a real one ”. A real ” ? Let them see each other for sex. “She agreed, she sent me nude photos and videos where she fondles herself.”
“Theo” and Andréa set up a first date, for “a real one” less than a kilometer from the young girl’s home. Until November 2019, the two see each other “four to five times”, always for sex in Theo’s car, who learns that his partner is only 13 years old. Reports sometimes cashed in with cigarettes. Until November 6, when Theo explains to “his ass plan” that he must see another. “That same evening, Andréa told me that she no longer wanted to see me,” he asks.
“I never forced her”
Two days later, Andréa shows up at the police station and files a complaint for sexual assault, embroidering a hand story on the thigh during their first meeting, before going back on her statements, once Theo has heard. “I never forced her, I always asked her if she was okay, if it was okay, as soon as we did something,” he explains. “This is not your first relationship with a minor, you had some with girls aged 15, 16, 17”, points out the president Béatrice Dupuis. In all, five relationships. “My mother told me to be careful, that I was not in the nails when going out with minors.” “Why not listen to your mother and follow the law? », Squeaks the president. Silence.
Me Bouée-Toussaint argues that his client, with a clean record, is not “a sexual predator” and presents a victim “without trauma”. By 9 p.m., the court had not rendered its decision.
-* The first name has been changed
