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Marseille Court Sentences 39-Year-Old to Eight Years for Online Grooming of Boys

Explicit PlayStation chats with minors, corroborated by expert warnings, led judges to impose immediate custody plus five years of supervision.

Overview

  • Judges in Marseille imposed an eight-year prison term and issued a detention order that saw police arrest the defendant as he left the courtroom.
  • The court added five years of socio-judicial monitoring after release, including a mandatory treatment component.
  • Investigators recovered sexually explicit conversations from the man’s PlayStation showing requests for nude images and promises of games, gifts or virtual currency.
  • The inquiry identified 28 boys contacted between 2012 and 2020, with 19 officially recognized as victims by the examining judge.
  • The 39-year-old bus driver, known online as “Yoyo Quattro” on GTA and YouTube, admitted the facts as the court exceeded the prosecutor’s five-year request, while experts cited lack of remorse and victims described lasting harm.