CRIME Some are already known to justice
The trial of the gang rape must be held until Friday, December 2 in Essonne. Illustration — FRANCOIS GREUEZ/SIPA
The trial of twelve men has begun. this Monday before the assize court for minors in Essonne. They must answer, until December 2, for “rape in meeting” and “complicity; gang rape.” They are accused of having violated a 17-year-old girl, when they were minors, on May 28, 2013 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne), reports TF1.
Ten other young people, aged under 16 at the time of the events, will be tried in 2023 for the same reasons but also for “abstaining from preventing a crime’ ». They will be heard as witnesses during this first trial.
Known to justice
The victim explained how that she had an appointment with a boy she met; on line. According to his account, the duo was then isolated. in public toilets, until until a gang from the Saint-Hubert district joins them and rapes the young woman in turn. round. Condoms found near the toilets made it possible to identify some of the presumed perpetrators.
They would belong to; a group that calls itself MAG (Mafia African Ghetto), according to Le Parisien. Some defendants are already known to the courts. Two are notably detained for murder and robbery with aggravated violence. The majority disputes the alleged facts.