2023-04-27 09:07:32
Eight years in prison and five years of availability of the sentence enforcement court, this is the judgment that fell in the case of Professor de Comines who was prosecuted for acts of cyber predation. The pArquet had requested his immediate arrest but the Defense appealed. The former professor therefore remains free.
Recall that the man had pretended to be a teenager thanks to a fake profile on social networks. He had extracted intimate images from 200 young people.
The lack of questioning
The prosecution had demanded 8 years in prison. So he was followed. The charges ranged from cyber predation to rape. The man had contacted nearly 400 young people pretending to be a young teenager. Two hundred teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 had been trapped. If the man was convicted for the acts of cyber predation, the court however acquitted him for the prevention of rape for a technical reason. The facts date from before 2018, the date of the former Sexual Penal Code.
In his judgment, the magistrate noted “the total absence of questioning” of the defendant who would not have “taken the measure of the seriousness of his actions”. The judge also pointed to the “Machiavellianism” et “limited empathy” of the professor whose he underlined “need for ancestry on minors”. He also blames the man “to have passed on his need for recognition at the expense of the victims”.
How to protect yourself?
On his site, Child Focus recalls that the use of naked photos or videos can take different forms. Social network, messaging application or even online game; for the authors, all means are good. If you too are a victim, Child Focus encourages you to contact them at their emergency number 116 000. If you notice sexual images of children, you can also contact Child Focus via the website www.imagesdabus.be
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