Overview

• On the trial’s second day in Aix-en-Provence, former colleagues and unit leaders testified about dysfunction inside Marseille’s juvenile brigade.
• A former partner of the accused said he investigated alone against his hierarchy’s wishes and resorted to a public coup de force by overturning the suspect’s desk to prompt action.
• The unit chief described messages with a 17-year-old as mere flirting, while IGPN investigators criticized what they called condemnable inertia by superiors.
• The watchdog later confirmed the seizure of thousands of child sexual abuse files and alleged assaults on at least two children, with more than 3,000 images and videos found.
• The ex-officer, identified as Julien P., is charged with rapes and sexual violence against minors under 15 and with consulting, possessing, recording and distributing pedopornographic content, with a verdict expected Thursday.