A 56-year-old man is suspected of having raped and prostituted his partner for fifteen years. He was arrested in Dourges (Pas-de-Calais) on December 27, near Lens.
The victim fled from his home. She went to the police station to denounce the violence suffered, reports La Voix du Nord.
She says she met her partner when she was 13. At the time, she was regularly raped by her stepfather, and fled her family by entering into a relationship with a 38-year-old man.
This one incited her to prostitute herself. She initially accepted before changing her mind, but her companion would have forced her to continue for more than fifteen years. He also allegedly raped her several times.
The children were also reportedly subjected to violence
According to the victim, her two children, aged 6 and 13, were also subjected to violence at the hands of their father.
The fifty-year-old totally denied the facts during his custody. But the information found in his cell phone and the hearings of witnesses confirm the story of the victim, according to La Voix du Nord.
A judicial investigation was opened and the suspect was remanded in custody.