Two French police officers accused of raping a Canadian tourist in Paris in 2014 reaffirmed on Friday, during their appeal hearing, that they had only consented to a relationship with the complainant.
Nicolas Redouane, 52, and Antoine Quirin, 43, two former agents of the prestigious Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI), were sentenced in 2019 to seven years in prison by the Paris Assize Court.
They appealed and are currently being tried again by the Assize Court of Créteil, in the suburbs of Paris.
Since the case began, the two defendants, who were heard on the merits for the first time during the appeal hearing on Friday, have denied any forced relationship with Emily Spanton, who accused them of rape on the night of April 22nd. , 2014.
Antoine Quirin said there was nothing to do but exchange an intimate caress with him inside the car to return to 36 Quai des Goldsmithsthe famous headquarters of the Parisian judicial police, from the Irish pub where they met.
I never felt rejection of himhe said at the bar.
This digital penetration while he was driving, according to Antoine Quirin, is the only explanation for the fact that his DNA was found in the complainant’s genitals.
Incredibly, according to lawyers for the civil party, DNA was found under the vagina.
Another defendant, Nicolas Redouane, explained that he received oral sex, with permission, from Emily Spanton in his office in 36to which he invited her.
If we go to the place, it is to continue the relationshiphe explained to the bar.
He also texted another police officer inviting him to join them. He was coughing [partouzeuse]. Hurry up.
One way to make the roosterhe justified on Friday.
At their first hearings, the two men did not mention these intercourse. Because of fears of media fallout from the case in their private lives, they explain.
On April 7, Emily Spanton, 42, explained that she had been on evaluation for eight years to try to move on.
Unemployed, too busy with this legal case, he lives in Canada with his parents. He doesn’t come out than to volunteer at church.
Tearfully, she found it difficult to be specific when asked about the details of the rapes she denounced, explaining that she was undergoing psychotherapy to forget that night he was still having nightmares.
The verdict will be given on April 22.
Source: Radio-Canada