The trial of two brothers accused of having kidnapped and kidnapped their teenage sister in July 2021 begins Tuesday at the Montreal courthouse. The 16-year-old girl lived in a context of “family domination”, according to what the Crown reported in this case.
The names of the accused cannot be revealed so as not to identify the victim.
Now aged 24 and 25, they allegedly violently took their sister out of the restaurant in Kirkland, west of Montreal, where she worked, and forced her into a car where an accomplice, who was also accused in this case, was waiting. affair. The teenager’s colleagues reportedly called the police.
An Amber Alert was triggered that day to find the young girl. She was reportedly taken to a neighborhood police station shortly afterward, ending the alert.
In addition to the charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault filed against the two brothers, one is also accused of mischief and the other of threats.
Last year, as part of the investigation into the release of one of the accused, the disturbing circumstances of the teenager’s family life were partially revealed. His two brothers would have controlled several aspects of his life, from his cell phone to his clothing, and prohibited him from having friends, the Crown prosecutor, Mr.e Bruno Menard.
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