Justice sentenced a Secours populaire de Marseille volunteer to a 2-year prison sentence, as revealed RMC Friday December 29, 2023. The defendant was targeted by the complaint of a young undocumented mother aged 35. The latter asserted that this man had demanded sexual favors from her in exchange for food, when she presented herself to Secours populaire de Marseille in 2020. “He offered me money, 100 euros, so that I would agree to suck him, I refused. He took my hand and put it on his penis and I pushed him away, I left “told the victim at the microphone of RMC. “He gave me diapers and milk and asked me for money. I told him to stop. I was shocked, disgusted”, she also added. Very established in the life of the neighborhood, this man was not his first attempt. By mentioning this story to the social workers who followed her, the young undocumented mother discovered that the Secours populaire de Marseille volunteer in question had already been reported for similar acts, by another woman in a very precarious situation.
Popular relief: the convicted volunteer is now prohibited from working in a charitable association
The two victims finally decided to launch a legal battle by filing a complaint against this man. “We were really in the situation of the iron pot against the earthen pot. The two women said to themselves that they had to say something because others who were more vulnerable could be in danger”indicated their lawyer, Frédérique Chartier, at the microphone of RMC. “They were heard for a long time with great kindness, it was not a hasty trial”, she also added. The sentence handed down against the defendant was accompanied by a probationary suspension, but also by an order for treatment. A ban on working in a charitable association, and on contacting the victims, was also issued by the courts against this individual. Now registered in the register of perpetrators of sexual offenses, the convicted man will not appeal this decision.