Removal in the area of Lebourgneuf: “I begged them to let me go”

Photo Catherine Bouchard
In the aftermath of the event, the workers are busying themselves to change the patio door that has been smashed shortly before the abduction.

Catherine Bouchard

Friday, 5 January 2018 09:34

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The young alleged victim of a kidnapping, which occurred on Thursday evening in Lebourgneuf, was afraid for her life, so she found herself trapped in a van, in the middle of a storm, barefoot and dressed only in a t-shirt and pants.

The young woman, that one cannot name due to a publication ban, had crossed only once her abductor alleged, Charles Brisson, 39 years. He lived in the same building as that of her spouse.

“I spoke to him once. He had the air of sound mind “, she said. Her alleged abuser has changed all that, Thursday night, and it would have made life a real nightmare. It faces a multitude of charges.

“He came in farting the patio door with a stick. He hit my boyfriend saying he was going to kill him and he would leave with me, ” says the young woman in a telephone interview.

She was sleeping and was woken up by cries. “I heard screaming and varger. My boyfriend was lying in the passage, there was a lot of blood. He told me to go seek help “, she says.

“Resistance struggle “

But the man lashed out at her. “It has been a struggle of resistance to not go with him. I pulled her by the hair. I had trouble to restrain myself, because my feet slipped on the glass “, she says. He was forcing her into his pickup truck, which had two knives.

The young woman tells that her attacker appeared to be in psychosis. He mentioned that the secret service the were hunting.

“I asked him why me. He told me that he had found beautiful and that I was saving a “life,” she says.

A long journey between Quebec city and Montmagny.

“I begged them to let me go. He apologized saying that he meant me no harm. He was driving all weird. I was afraid to take the ending, but this is almost what I wanted “, says the young woman.

Saved by the storm

The storm has finally allowed them to save themselves. Since highway 20 was closed in the direction of Montmagny, the accused had to get out a little earlier and went to put gas in the vehicle. By threatening her with a knife, he told him not to go.

It is the arrival of an ambulance, which allowed the escape of the captive. “I had nothing to lose. I knocked in the window. I was barefoot and I didn’t feel it was winter. They brought me to the station (police) of Montmagny, end-t-it.

His spouse has suffered injuries to the head and back, but we aren’t afraid for his life.

What we reproach to Charles Brisson, 39 years

• Break and enter to commit an indictable offence, or a removal
• Death threat against a male victim
• Armed assault against a male victim
• Assault with injury on a male victim
• Assault on a female victim
• Removal of the female victim with the intent of the sequester or trap it against his will
• Sequestration
• Hit-and-run
• Obstructing the work of police officers

Multiple charges against the alleged abductor

Man of 39 years old from Quebec who was accused of having kidnapped a young woman of 22 years, on Thursday evening in the area of Lebourgneuf, will remain in jail.

Charles Brisson has been charged with break and enter to commit an indictable offence, or an abduction.

To this charge, are also the ones threatening death, assault army, and with injury, assault, kidnapping, forcible confinement, fleeing and obstructing the work of the police.

The housing neighbor

The fantastic story begins on the streets of the Template, in the area of Lebourgneuf, to 20: 30 Thursday evening.

The accused would be introduced in the housing neighbor of hers. He would be taken to a first individual, a man of 22 years, before taking the leak by forcing a 22 year old female into his pickup truck Chevrolet Silverado.

The Service de police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) was quickly made aware of the event.

“Research was undertaken to locate the vehicle. It has finally been found in the area of Montmagny, by the patrol officers of the Sûreté du Québec, ” says Cyndi Paré, a spokesperson for the SPVQ.

The link between the suspect and the victims is not known, but the SPVQ confirms that it is people who live in the same building.

Review request

The accused remains detained in the wake of his appearance yesterday afternoon, and will return to court on February 5.

The defence has requested an assessment of his criminal liability, which takes about 30 days.

– With the collaboration of Kathleen Frenette