Liège man, 40, sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual assaults on eight minors
The corrective tribunal in Liège has sentenced a 40-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexual assaults on eight children aged 12 to 15 years old.
Seven years in prison for sexual assaults on eight young victims in Liège
The corrective tribunal in Liège issued a sentence of seven years imprisonment on Friday against a 40-year-old man, originally from Liège, found guilty of sexual assaults and violence against eight children aged 12 to 15 years old. DHnet reports that the defendant was, however, acquitted of rape charges committed against his own children.
Father of five children, the man was suspected of having inflicted numerous serious acts of violence on several young people in his close circle. The acts, committed between 2010 and 2019, took place whilst he was under the influence of alcohol and narcotics. He was notably charged with the rape of at least two of his own children.
The case also included facts of rape and sexual assault against three other victims. Having already been imprisoned for violence committed against his children, the defendant had benefited from conditional release and had been accommodated by his best friend. It was the minor daughter of this friend who then became one of his victims.
Two other victims of sexual assault are the girlfriends of his own children.
The tribunal also found him guilty of having facilitated drug use among a 14-year-old girl, as well as harassment of his best friend.
For all the charges brought — with the exception of rape against his own children, for which he was acquitted — the tribunal issued a sentence of seven years in prison.
Source: DHnet