French prison head Goncalves suspended over Halimi girl

From the ancient time, stories of femme fatale (the French phrase for "deadly woman"), abound of women who have seduced men to do their bidding,while some even made angels to fall by their charms and beauties (Gen 6:2). There was once the popular divine femme fatale of Hindu mythology, Mohini who is described to have enchanted gods, demons and sages alike. The Vietnamese also had several ancient femme fatales who seduced and has sex with Chinese men to conquer them, most especially Tay Thi who was said to have used her beauty and sexual prowess to corrupt ,the Chinese King Fuchai of Wu, leading to his downfall and the conquest of his kingdom by the Vietnamese.: There was also the pathetic story of daughter of Herodias who manipulated her lust-crazed uncle, King Herod, with her enticing Dance to agree to her imperious demand: the head of John the Baptist, a prophet of God.

In recent time the most astounding enduring icon of womanly glamour, seduction, and moral turpitude was Mata Hari,(1876–1917), an alluring oriental dancer who was accused of German espionage and was put to death by a French firing squad, during the first world war. As such, she embodied the femme fatale archetype, and, after her death she became the subject of much fantastical imagining. She was the subject of many sensational films and books.

In modern time, such women-femme fatale had been known to torture their lover in an asymmetrical relationship, denying confirmation of her affection and usually driving their victims-men to the point of obsession and exhaustion so that such men are incapable of making rational decisions. The story you are about to read falls into this category.

Ilan Halimi

A French prison chief has been suspended over an alleged affair he had with a woman used as bait for a notorious anti-Semitic gang murder. Prosecutors said Florent Goncalves, head of Versailles women's prison, was placed under investigation for passing money and other items to the inmate.
He is also accused of conducting a sexual relationship with her. The prisoner is serving nine years for luring Ilan Halimi into a trap which saw him tortured and killed. Aged 17 at the time of the murder in 2006, the French-Iranian was tried as a minor, and is usually named as "Emma" or "Yalda" in the French media.Sorour Arbabzadeh aka "Yalda" (or "Emma"),is the 17-year-old French-Iranian girl who acted as a honeypot to lure Halimi into the gang's lair known as "the Gang of Barbarians" (Gang des Barbares).

Mr Goncalves has been forbidden to enter the prison by a judge

Attention was drawn to Mr Goncalves, 41, during a prison inspection in November when other inmates complained of favouritism.
A source close to the case told France's Le Parisien newspaper that the favouritism probably related to advantageous prison jobs, and other inmates had not been aware of the prisoner's alleged sexual relations with the governor.
An internal investigation was launched and it was discovered that the prisoner had seduced both the governor and a guard, 36, in order to obtain parcels, money, and phone and Sim cards, the paper adds.

Ilan Halimi burial in Jerusalem.At the request of the family, the remains of Ilan Halimi were reburied in Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Israel on Friday, Feb. 9, 2007


'He fell in love'
"The judge has forbidden [Mr Goncalves] to exercise his profession and even enter a penitentiary," prosecutor Michel Desplan said.

Ilan Halimi was buried in Jerusalem

Mr Goncalves, the unnamed guard and the prisoner were all placed under investigation in Versailles this week and all made confessions, Le Parisien's source added.
"The governor explains that he fell in love," the source added. Their affair is said to have taken place between December 2009 and October 2010.

The guard, accused of supplying a Sim card to the prisoner, has also been suspended, while the inmate herself is being accused of concealment.
She was convicted in 2009 of delivering Mr Halimi to his abductors, a gang called the Barbarians.

Blurred pix of Sorour Arbabzadeh aka "Yalda" (or "Emma"),the 17-year-old French-Iranian girl who acted as a honeypot to lure Halimi.

The 23-year-old telephone salesman was held by the gang for more than three weeks before he was found dying by a railway line. He had been handcuffed to a tree, naked and badly burnt.
Gang leader Youssouf Fofana, who had targeted Jews because he supposed them to be wealthy, was jailed for a minimum of 22 years.
Anti-Semitism was cited as an aggravating factor when the gang was convicted, and the case kindled fear within France's Jewish community.
Mr Halimi was buried in Jerusalem.

Shola Adebowale-13th January, 2011