Latest newsCouple arrested in Valais for abusing their own children
SDA
22.1.2025 - 14:48
A married couple from Valais has been arrested for suspected pedocriminal acts against their children. The public prosecutor's office initiated a criminal investigation against the parents, who are around 30 years old.
Keystone-SDA
22.01.2025, 14:48
22.01.2025, 14:49
SDA
According to a report in the newspaper "Le Nouvelliste", the couple are accused of pedocriminal acts to the detriment of their four children under the age of twelve. The newspaper writes that the charges relate in particular to child pornography, incest, sexual acts with minors and breach of duty of care towards a child.
The Valais public prosecutor's office confirmed the opening of proceedings to the Keystone-SDA news agency on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper report, the cantonal police carried out an operation shortly before Christmas at the home of a family who had settled in a mountain community in Lower Valais. Child pornographic material exchanged on the darknet had led the police on the trail, the report continued.