The verdict fell for the Veveysan magnetizer. The 50 -year -old sentenced 12 years in prison. The Châtel-St-Denis Criminal Court, which aligned itself with the sentence required last week by the public prosecutor, recognized it this Thursday guilty of rape, attempted rape and sexual constraints.
In addition, man will no longer be able to exercise an activity, professional or not, which could put it in contact with vulnerable people. He will no longer be able to work in the health field anymore.
Another argument of the defense was swept on Thursday; Whoever said that the magnetizer only applied treatments learned in Thailand. Defense should appeal to the cantonal court.
Reminder of the facts
The facts took place between 2007 and 2022. The accused met women who were in a bad period of their lives (problem at work, unemployment, rupture, mourning). He diagnosed them with imaginary diseases, which he called “balls”, “blockages” or “cherry kernels” which were located in the belly or in the breasts. He assured that he could treat them because he would have a gift.
How did he claim to treat them? By touching or penetrating them, often without protection. He assured them that his penis could treat them. He also forced them to masturbate to, he said, relieve him of pain. He assured that his groin pains “had to come out by ejaculation”.
If they refused, he made them fear the worst: the hospital and very expensive treatments, an aggravation of their “illness”, or the loss of a loved one. To achieve its ends, the Veveysan also invented links with the police or the UN.
Radior. – Vincent Dousse