Thursday, May 25, 2023, a search notice was launched to find Eya, 10, kidnapped by her father in front of her school, in Isère, then finally found safe and sound in Denmark. The lawyer for the now imprisoned father decided to counterattack.
Turnaround in sight? It was around 8:15 a.m., in Isère, on Thursday May 25, 2023, when Eya’s mother, a 10 year old girl, was about to hit the road to accompany her child to school. A journey brutally interrupted by the intervention of two men who sprayed the mother with tear gas and forced the girl into a gray Peugeot 307. “I immediately recognized my daughter’s father since he was with his face uncovered”, had then entrusted the mother to the Dauphiné released. After an international mobilizationEya has been found in Denmark by local law enforcement, thirty-six hours after his disappearance, and his father, Khaled Sassi, was indicted July 7 for “removal of a child by ascendant from the hands of the person in charge of his custody” And “aggravated violence” and remanded in custody.
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“We had indications that allowed us to know that they went through Switzerland first, then through Germany and we found them in Denmark”, had then indicated Éric Vaillant, public prosecutor of Grenoble. But father’s lawyer assured that the story told by the mother would not be accurate. In an interview with France Bleue Isere, Véronique Pigeon indicated that it would be the latter who would have abducted his daughter first : “The mother left, with her husband’s permission, in 2017, supposedly to visit her mother, who lives in the Grenoble area. But in fact, she had organized everything and she knew that she would not return to Tunisia.”
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“My client could only see his daughter very occasionally”
Khalid Sassi”initiated the divorce proceedings in Tunisia, he obtained the residence of his daughter, there was a right of visitation and accommodation for the mother. She appealed, she lost her appeal, she appealed, the appeal was not followed up”, detailed Véronique Pigeon. With our colleagues, the lawyer also pointed out that Eya’s father “could only see his daughter very occasionally”a little girl who “loves his father very much” in his words. Although she said do not endorse the act of his clientVéronique Pigeon saw this gesture as an act of “despair” on his part. A magistrate should soon announce whether the Tunisian judgment must be executed in Franceaccording to the agreement between the two countries.
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