three security officers from the naturist camp were taken into custody

The three security agents arrested will be tried next January for “group violence committed because of the race or ethnicity of the victim”. The events took place in May in Cap d’Agde.

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Armband of a security officer, at Le Bourget, December 16, 2010. (FRED DE NOYELLE / GODONG / PHOTONONSTOP)

At the beginning of December, three security agents from the naturist village of Cap d’Agde, “aged 22, 24 and 60”, were placed in police custody, indicates in the evening Thursday December 7 France Bleu Hérault. On Saturday May 27, Marcos, a 54-year-old man, was found naked outside the village. He suffered from a double compound fracture of the tibia and fibula and had 60 days of ITT. The business manager, a homosexual of Brazilian origin, accuses the security service of having attacked him while he was going to the toilet, insulting him, according to him, of “nigga” and of “dirty faggot”. A complaint against

The three officers arrested were placed under judicial supervision and will be tried next January for “group violence committed because of the race or ethnicity of the victim”. They face 10 years of imprisonment, specifies France Bleu. The youngest is also implicated in three other complaints of serious violence committed in June and September. He is suspected of having made threats against one of the victims to encourage her not to file a complaint. He had only been convicted once so far, in 2023, for driving under the influence of alcohol. The two other agents have a clean criminal record, details France Bleu.

During the affair, Gilles d’Ettore, the mayor of Agde, denied the accusations made. He notably declared to France Bleu Hérault that Marcos was “illegally entered the naturist village via the Bay of Pigs” and that he did not have “not been attacked as he says. This injury was not made inside the village”assured the elected official.


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