Pas-de-Calais: “Two of my attached sisters”, the chilling story of a young man before his parents’ trial

He wanted to alert the authorities to the actions of his parents. Accused of abuse, a father and a mother living in Noyelles-sous-Lens, in Pas-de-Calais will be tried before the Béthune criminal court. They appear for “violence by ascendant” and “subtraction by a parent from his legal obligations”. They face up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.. It was one of the eldest sons, Bryan, who had raised the alarm. He then described the abuse that his parents would have inflicted on his little brothers and sisters. “I am one of the children to have suffered the least, but I am the one who has witnessed the most violence”.

One of his brothers would have suffered homophobia from his father in particular. “He suffered the relentlessness with kicks, punches, sticks and even whippings, brooms, safety shoes”he confided. The youngest children were also victims of atrocities : “I saw my parents leave two of my sisters tied up every day, 23 hours a day, with the diaper full of excrement and urine overflowing.” “I’ve seen very severe punishments, like being on our knees for three or four hours on the floor. And if we had the misfortune to get up because we couldn’t feel our knees anymore, we would make a again lynch“he describes to the BFMTV journalist.

A trial expected by Bryan

As soon as Bryan is reported, his siblings are placed in social services. “My brothers and sisters are safe but I know they are not well. No child deserves to live in a home. I will do everything to get them out of there, to protect them”, affirmed Brian, a week after the denunciation of the facts. For Bryan, an appearance before the assize court would be entirely justifiable in view of the charges he is bringing against his parents. “It’s only part of the way. They call it a misdemeanor, but for me it’s a crime”. For him, his parents must be “judged at the height of what they have done”, according to our colleagues from Point.