The mayor of Schaerbeek returns to the charges for rape and possession of child pornography images once morest Alderman Michel De Herde (Défi), whose resignation she has asked for because of the seriousness of the facts.
By Fanny Declercq and Maxime Biermé
Ssecond explosion that Cécile Jodogne had to face this week (read elsewhere): the confirmation of the indictment of the Schaerbeek alderman Michel De Herde for rape of a minor under 16, rape of a minor over 16 and possession of child pornography. Last November, an examining magistrate had already indicted the agent following two complaints for violation of the sexual integrity of an adult and violation of the sexual integrity of an adult by a person having authority. Michel De Herde denies the facts.
It was through the press that the amaranth mayor learned of the new charge on Monday, a surprise that left her speechless. “From the start, I have spoken both of the right to the presumption of innocence and of the serious facts denounced that we must be able to hear. These are even more serious. Of sufficient gravity to demand the resignation of the elected?
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