“These two and a half years of proceedings have been trying but tonight [vendredi] justice has been done in my opinion,” reacted to 20 minutes Océane, 23 years old whose rapist has just been sentenced to twelve years of criminal imprisonment. The attorney general had requested thirteen. On July 29, 2021, Yéro Ba, this fifty-year-old in a wheelchair of Mauritanian origin, whom she thought was harmless, dragged her into the basement of the Victoire underground car park, in Bordeaux. He then forced her to perform cunnilingus at knifepoint.
” Out of state of causing trouble “
The young woman was rescued by a motorist who had just parked her car and heard her pleas for him to stop as he asked her to “spread her legs”. With great composure, his “savior” then intervened to put an end to the scene and secure the victim.
By decision of the investigating chamber, Yéro Ba was released after two years of pre-trial detention, on September 12, 2023, without Océane being notified. She had come across him on a street corner, three months before the trial. “He is currently incarcerated and out of commission. Finally,” said the young woman.
The convicted person has ten days to appeal the decision.