A woman who came to file a complaint for domestic violence accuses a rape policeman – Liberation

Armandina Bakutu Pena’s horizon is narrowed. The life of this former Angolan trainer is curled up in her small apartment in Ozoir-la-Ferrière (Seine-et-Marne), which she occupies with her electrician spouse and her three children, born in France. Failing to have been able to get a residence permit, she stays there « From morning to evening », assigned to domestic tasks. « It’s like I was in prison », She sums up, installed on a large corner sofa, back to the window where a forest arises. Recently, she even avoids the streets of this town that she has been walking for two decades. « Here, I don’t feel safe. » This 49-year-old woman accuses Jean-Pierre D., the policeman who recorded his complaint for domestic violence, of having raped her twice in the winter of 2023. « Traumatized »she hopes to move « To resume (his) life ». “As soon as I see a police car, I feel bad sensations. Where I thought I was protected, it was my death. « 

Her voice is twisted at the mention of this February 22, 2023. Her spouse, whom she accused of having struck her in the past, threatens. She calls the police. The agents tell her to go and file a complaint, which she does. Jean-Pierre D., 55, receives it in his office of the Pontault-Combault police station, a few kilometers from her home, and closes the door, she says. At the end of the hearing, the official asks him for sex; She refuses. But the policeman