Rape and prostitution of his son: a father sentenced to 19 years in prison

The Jura Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a 53-year-old man to 19 years' imprisonment for raping his son, then aged 7 to 14, and prostituting him, we learned from his lawyer. Arnaud Monier has been on trial behind closed doors since October 1 for rape, sexual assault, pimping and corruption of minors, committed between early 2016 and June 2023.

The court's verdict is close to the sentence requested by the attorney general, who asked for 20 years in prison. This sentence is accompanied by a two-thirds security period. She is “very severe but it is understandable given the circumstances, the facts which are very serious,” she reacted to AFP.

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His two co-defendants, also in their fifties, were sentenced to 8 and 6 years of imprisonment, also indicated lawyer Marjorie Weiermann. They were accused of repeatedly raping the boy and one of his friends, then aged 11 to 15.

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The main defendant, who had regained custody of his son at the time of the death of the child's alcoholic mother, also forced the two adolescents to have paid sexual relations with men contacted on the site coco.fr, whom they met in a forest. He “generally” admitted the acts committed against his son and his friend, but partly contested the accusations against other young people, Ms. Weiermann said.