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The two police officers, who had been convicted of the alleged rape of a Canadian tourist in 2014, at 36 quai des Orfèvres, have just been acquitted by the Val-de-Marne Assize Court of Appeal, Friday April 22 . the journalist thomas Cuny is there.
An unexpected twist took place on Friday April 22 in the case of the rape of 36 quai des Orfèvres, of which two police officers were accused. They have just been acquitted on appeal and emerged free from the Palais de Justice. “They come out to the applause of their loved ones. A plaintiff left the courtroom in tears.reports Thomas Cunnylive from the Créteil courthouse.
The facts date back to 2014. The complainant says that she met the two police officers in a bar. They then invited her to the premises of the judicial police, at 36 quai des Orfèvres, where they raped her. “The police have always maintained their innocence. In the first instance, they had been sentenced to seven years in prison (…) this time, the jurors decided on the acquittal, it was the credibility of the complainant that was at the heart of the debates”details Thomas Cunny. The lawyer for one of the police officers reports that her client is relieved and “wish to turn the page”. The civil party lawyer says “consider appealing in cassation”.