Because of the escalation of rapes of children, the French government is considering lowering the age of “consent” to 13. One of the cases behind this horrific move is the rape of an 11-year-old girl by a 30-year-old Muslim migrant who was acquitted on November 7 by the Assize Court of Seine-et-Marne. The migrant had approached the girl while she was playing with her cousin in Champs-sur-Marne. The jurors of the assize court of Seine-et-Marne considered, after two days of hearing, that the constitutive elements of the rape, “the constraint, the threat, the violence and the surprise, were not established “said the prosecutor of Meaux, Dominique Laurens. The prosecutor general appealed the acquittal Friday, according to Le Parisien.

Translation: The facts occurred in August 2009, said Laure Habeneck, the lawyer of the girl, now 20 years old. She had visited a park with a man, 22 years old at the time, who had approached while playing with his cousin in Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

They had sexual intercourse, according to the accused. The latter claims that the girl had lied about his age, telling him, according to his lawyer, Samir Mbarki, “she was 14 years old and was about to turn 15,” she contests. The girl’s family had learned of the facts in 2010, discovering her pregnancy. Her child, 7 years old today, had been placed in a foster home.

“My client is traumatized,” Laure Habeneck told the Parisian . “In his defense, the accused referred in particular to the ‘African heat’, and it is to be hoped that this justification is not at the origin of the jury’s intimate conviction. 22-year-old man and 11-year-old girl is normalized in our society, “says the lawyer.

Illustration photo. The man had approached the girl while she was playing with her cousin in Champs-sur-Marne.

The Assize Court of Seine-et-Marne considered that the elements constituting the rape were not established even if the report is proven. The facts go back to 2009, the man was 22 years old.

Eight years in prison had been required against him. A 30-year-old man tried for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2009 was acquitted on Tuesday. The Assize Court of Seine-et-Marne has indeed estimated that the rape was not characterized, indicate sources concordant this Saturday, confirming information of the Parisian .

The jurors of the assize court of Seine-et-Marne considered, after two days of hearing, that the constitutive elements of the rape, “the constraint, the threat, the violence and the surprise, were not established “said the prosecutor of Meaux, Dominique Laurens. The prosecutor general appealed the acquittal Friday, according to Le Parisien .

“My client is traumatized”

The facts occurred in August 2009, said Laure Habeneck, the lawyer of the girl, now 20 years old. She had visited a park with a man, 22 years old at the time, who had approached while playing with his cousin in Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

They had sexual intercourse, according to the accused. The latter claims that the girl had lied about his age, telling him, according to his lawyer, Samir Mbarki, “she was 14 years old and was about to turn 15,” she contests. The girl’s family had learned of the facts in 2010, discovering her pregnancy. Her child, 7 years old today, had been placed in a foster home.

“My client is traumatized,” Laure Habeneck told the Parisian . “In his defense, the accused referred in particular to the ‘Africanheat’, and it is to be hoped that this justification is not at the origin of the jury’s intimate conviction. 22-year-old man and 11-year-old girl is normalized in our society, “says the lawyer.

A similar case in September

This decision comes as a similar case , revealed in September, caused controversy: the prosecution of Pontoise (Val-d’Oise) decided to prosecute for “sexual assault” and not for “rape” a 28-year-old man for having sex with an 11 year old child.

The investigators considered that this relationship was granted because no physical constraint was exerted on the minor, while the girl’s family filed a rape complaint, describing a child paralyzed, unable to defend herself.