A former “star” graphic designer for Disney and Pixar was sentenced on the night of Thursday, October 31, to 25 years in prison with a two-thirds security period in Paris, where he appeared for complicity in rape and sexual assault of several hundred people. . Filipino girls. After a deliberation of more than six hours, the criminal court found Bouhalem Bouchiba guilty of complicity in rape and sexual assault of minors as a repeat offender. He was also found guilty of complicity in the crime of aggravated trafficking in minors as a repeat offender and habitual viewing of child pornography content on the Internet.
The court also accepted the aggravating circumstance of acts of torture and barbarity that had been presented to it by the Prosecutor’s Office in relation to the acts of complicity in rape, sexual assault and human trafficking. However, he was acquitted of the charge of possessing images of child pornography. “for the benefit of the doubt”. The Paris Criminal Chamber also ordered a twenty-year socio-judicial monitoring, the obligation to compensate the civil parties and the definitive prohibition of practicing a profession with minors.
During his last speech, Bouhalem Bouchiba, bald and with a graying beard, once again admitted his guilt. “I realize everything I have done. I apologize to the victims.”he added.
The 59-year-old man was on trial since Tuesday for having paid, between 2012 and 2021, Filipino women to rape and sexually assault young Filipino girls, between five and ten years old, and at least once a two-year-old girl. years, in front of a webcam through the practice of “live-streaming”. On the other side of the screen, the accused gave the orders, which he himself described as“awful” AND “disgusting” and masturbated.
Already registered in the sex offender file
Hours earlier, the prosecutor had requested the same sentence against the accused. “On the garden side, there is the graphic designer who surprises the children. […] Then in court, Bouhalem Bouchiba is a pedophile director who writes his own horror movie scripts.”declared Advocate General Philippe Courroye. The defense had argued in favor of “hue” in this case where the accused had admitted “all alleged facts”also asking that it be considered “his psychological evolution”.
For three days, several experts took the stand, detailing the story of this man who became “international drawing luminary”according to the president of the court Mahrez Abassi, but in the past tense ” complex “ and to “disturbed sexuality”. During his interrogation, the accused spontaneously admitted to being guilty of “all the facts” reproached and highlighted “the benefits of prison” on his path of redemption. “For three years I did not masturbate thinking about a child”he assured.
To talk about these children, Bouhalem Bouchiba, described by experts as “pedophile” AND “sadistic”had admitted to having used the term “pigs” and ordered violent acts and “scripted” against them. For example, he had ordered to put “a t-shirt in the pig’s mouth”to find “a pig to be cut whole” or using a knife on a child’s genitals. According to him, these directives were intended ” of [se] scare »but recognized that they were similar to “torture”. Once the video was finished, he sent the money, between 50 and 100 euros. A way, according to him, to clear customs.
“Every time I sent money it gave me a psychological release”argument. According to the investigation, Bouhalem Bouchiba would have spent more than 50,000 euros during that period. His name was registered in Fijais, the sex offenders file, after a first conviction in 2014 for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old stepdaughter.
