A man and a woman of Ukrainian nationality were indicted for “capturing a pornographic image of a minor” and “incestuous sexual assault” this Friday in Brest, we learned from the prosecution.
Aged 35 and 53 respectively, they were arrested and placed in police custody by the Brest police station on Thursday. This couple was accused of “acts of capture with a view to its dissemination of a pornographic image of a minor, possession of the image of a minor presenting a pornographic nature” also acts of “incestuous sexual assault” and of “non-denunciation of ill-treatment inflicted on a minor”.
The facts were allegedly committed “to the detriment of a 7-year-old Ukrainian child supposed to be the couple’s child”, said the public prosecutor Camille Miansoni in a press release.
According to the prosecutor, the investigation was opened by the prosecution following the report of a hospital “following the discovery of child pornography photographs representing the minor, by the nursing staff on a telephone”. The facts would have been committed in Brest and throughout the national territory.
An open judicial inquiry
Referred to the Brest public prosecutor’s office, the two accused persons were indicted on the counts of “capture with a view to its dissemination of a pornographic image of a minor”, “possession of the image of a minor presenting a pornographic”, and “corruption of a minor under 15”.
The woman is also indicted for “incestuous sexual assault on a minor by a major ascendant”, the man for “non-denunciation of ill-treatment, deprivation, sexual assault or abuse inflicted on a 15-year-old minor”.
The public prosecutor’s office requested that the couple be remanded in custody. At the end of their police custody, a judicial investigation was opened on Friday.