12 years of steadfast “predator”

Tahiti, June 8, 2024 – Circuit Court jurors sentenced a 72-year-old retiree to 12 years in prison on Friday night for raping and exploiting a minor for prostitution. The Attorney General had requested a sentence of fifteen years.

After three days of trial, Circuit Court jurors on Friday evening convicted a 72-year-old man who was indicted for rape and sexual assault of a minor under 15 and exploitation of a minor for prostitution as for the possession and offering of Paca. The man was convicted of sexual abuse of minors over a period of years, some of whom were in a state of family neglect. The defendant partially admitted the facts.

On Friday, at the start of the third day of hearings, lawyers for the four victims in the case, M.^Egypt Loris Peytavit once said “The case is particularly serious” Among them we found an old man in his seventies. “Neither old nor idiotic” He confirmed before legal experts and the investigating judge “Polynesian women are sluts who are thrown away for money.” It’s not just the shocking comments directed at young girls “Disinheritance”. “Being a good predator, he lured them well with paca, a little money, TV and even Coca-Cola. The profile is one of social poverty and failed family units. These victims had nothing and it meant a lot to them.” In his closing arguments, the lawyer strongly decried the fact that the defendant in this case had not been detained for a single day.

“Rule of law judge”

The Attorney General then returned to the age and personal circumstances of the victims, most of whom were under 15 at the time. “He knew their vulnerability and only minors were the objects of his attacks and impulses. They were also chosen because of their very precarious situation and when they were unable to react, he took advantage of their poverty.” Before requesting a fifteen-year sentence for the defendant, the prosecutor’s representative insisted on highlighting the risk of recurrence determined by the fact that the defendant had pleaded guilty in a certain way. “incomplete” And he barely complied with the treatment imposed during the judicial review.

Faced with a difficult defense from a client who, by her own admission, disgusted her, M^Egypt Myriam Toudji wanted to remind jurors in her closing argument that they are “Judges in a country ruled by law” What “More power”. “Let’s put it this way: He’s the archetype of a bad guy, but we don’t judge a person based on sympathy capital.” The attorney then went back to each of the crimes her client was accused of. After asserting that he was not “Serious” and prosecuted retirees from four Paccar plants in a case involving more serious facts, M^Egypt Toji spoke about the rape allegation against the septuagenarian, explaining “The victim’s words, while important, cannot be the sole basis for condemning someone.”

“Objective factors”

The attorney also discussed the character of her client, a person who was born male. “At the End of the War” A barren mother who escaped from a concentration camp “Life is very happy.” To close her argument, she mentioned her client’s age. “Old Man” The 72-year-old has never spent a day in jail. “If you follow those requirements, it’s civil death for him, but it’s death, period, because he’s not going to come out of detention alive, and you can’t ignore the objective factor of ‘his age’.

After deliberations, the assize court jurors sentenced the septuagenarian to 12 years in prison. He will have to pay 1 million francs to the two rape victims and 600,000 francs to two other victims of the incident.

The Circuit Court will resume on Monday the trial of a man charged with raping and assaulting a cyclist in Raiati.