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Judi Lynn

(160,682 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2019, 02:58 AM Feb 2019

French police officers jailed for raping Canadian tourist

Two men sentenced to seven years for rape of Emily Spanton at Paris police HQ

Kim Willsher in Paris
Thu 31 Jan 2019 13.32 EST

Two police officers from one of France’s elite units have been sent to jail for seven years for the gang-rape of a Canadian tourist.

The officers took Emily Spanton back to their headquarters at 36 Quai des Orfèvres after an alcohol-fuelled evening at an Irish bar in April 2014.

Once in their fifth floor office, Spanton, 39, said their attitude completely changed. She said she was made to drink a glass of whisky before being forced to perform oral sex. She said she was raped several times afterwards.

Spanton, who admitted she was very drunk, left the building about 80 minutes later. She was in tears, had lost her tights and was carrying her shoes. She said she told an officer at the entrance to the police headquarters “they raped me” in French and in English.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/31/french-police-officers-jailed-for-raping-canadian-tourist

Elite police officers Antoine Quirin, left, and Nicolas Redouane

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French police officers jailed for raping Canadian tourist (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

A lousy 7 years?! These men were armed with the authority Hortensis Feb 2019 #1

+1 2naSalit Feb 2019 #2

Absolutely. dalton99a Feb 2019 #3

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. A lousy 7 years?! These men were armed with the authority

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 06:23 AM

Feb 2019

of the state. They should get more than that for violating their duty, on top of being put away in prison for the protection of society.

2naSalit

(86,963 posts)

2. +1

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 07:22 AM

Feb 2019

At least they were tried and convicted, at the very least.

dalton99a

(81,708 posts)

3. Absolutely.

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Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:56 AM

Feb 2019

The two police officers returned home in the early hours of the morning in question without being breathalysed. The crime scene was not secured and pieces of vital evidence disappeared. The officers were initially suspended but have since returned to work with the French police force.

Spanton waived her anonymity in interviews before the trial. She had claimed she was raped by three men and a third DNA sample was found on her clothing, but the third attacker was never identified.

A message Redouane sent to one of his colleagues was particularly incriminating: “Hurry up, she’s a swinger,” it read. The accused had deleted it from his phone, but it was found on the recipient’s mobile.

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