It was a night of horror that will mark a small family in Calvados for life. For these facts of terrible violence, four people were indicted for forcible confinement with act of torture or barbarism committed during a night jacking in an organized gang. Facts that occurred on the night of May 16 to 17, 2025 in the village of Moutiers-en-Cinglais in Calvados. “Four members of a family were kidnapped, violated and tortured at their home,” said Caen’s deputy public prosecutor Philippe Leonardo in a statement.
Objective of the attackers, “forcing them to put a large sum of money”, writes the prosecution. The victims explained that they were attacked at night by several hooded and gloved individuals. “They would have hampered and gagged then would have committed violence, in particular by trying to cut a finger and a toe with two of the family members,” explains the magistrate.
One of them tried to cut a toe to a 4 -year -old
According to the newspaper Ouest-Francewhich revealed the arrest of suspects by the gendarmes in the Paris region on July 29, these are four men aged 18 to 28 years. The suspects would have tried to cut a toe and a finger for two of the victims, including a 4 -year -old child during their intrusion.
It was the gendarmes of the Caen research section and the Potigny research brigade that have managed to identify several individuals that can be involved in these facts. These four individuals, all adults, were arrested in the Paris region on July 29 and placed in police custody. They were finally indicted on Thursday, specifies Philippe Leonardo. “Three of them were placed in pre -trial detention, and the last under judicial control, in accordance with the requisitions of the Caen prosecution. »»
Now, “the investigation will continue in particular to make it possible to identify possible accomplices and to conduct investigations on the personality of the indictments,” concludes the press release.
