The two defendants had already been tried in 2019 for having raped a Canadian tourist in 2014. The trial was postponed after the first hearings on Tuesday morning.
Two former members of the Forces of the Order were tried on Tuesday on appeal for facts dating back to 2014. The two police officers are accused of having raped a Canadian tourist at the headquarters of the Paris PJ, at 36 quai des Orfèvres. The trial was postponed after the first hearings on Tuesday morning. This dismissal follows the hospitalization of Me Thierry Herzog, defense lawyer. His hospitalization follows a malaise he suffered during the Bygmalion trial on Monday. During the first judgment in November 2019, the two members of the BIS were found guilty of the rape of Emily Spanton.
Antoine Q. and Nicolas R. were sentenced to seven years imprisonment after the court noted in its verdict “constant statements by the victim” judging that the accused had, them, “evolving depositions “ and “not very credible.”
“Particularly serious acts committed against a woman under the influence of alcohol”
The facts took place on April 22, 2014. The Canadian tourist had passed the two police officers in a bar on Île de la Cité. After a particularly alcoholic evening, Emily Spanton had found it safer to go to the police station rather than returning to her hotel drunk. Around 2 a.m., leaving the PJ premises in a state of shock, she immediately denounced a gang rape.
Allegations that the defendants dispute. In its verdict, the court specifies that it took into account the “particular gravity of the acts committed against a woman under the influence of the alcol “ . Rejudged for three weeks, Nicolas R. hears “strongly challenge the charges against him “ announces his lawyer. The magistrate had declared during the first trial that the defendants had not acted like police officers but like usurpers that evening. The verdict of the trial is expected on July 8.
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