A 21-year-old man was remanded in custody after admitting to being the perpetrator of the rape of a young woman on Saturday March 26 in Cesson-Sévigné (Ille-et-Vilaine), near Rennes.
As she was cycling to work, the 19-year-old victim was arrested by a motorist on Saturday March 26. The latter then got out of his car to physically attack her and force her to follow him underground.
Already known to the police, the 21-year-old alleged attacker was arrested and imprisoned.
“The criminal investigation entrusted to the departmental security, under the authority of the Rennes public prosecutor’s office, made it possible to quickly identify the accused as being a young man born in 2001 in Cameroon, known to the judicial institution. (…) At the end of police custody, he was referred to the Rennes prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. A judicial investigation entrusted to an investigating judge was opened under the qualification of rape. He was indicted and admitted the facts. He has been remanded in custody.” indicated the public prosecutor of Rennes, Philippe Astruc.
The alleged attacker faces up to 15 years in prison. He was remanded in custody Thursday, March 31. The young woman, meanwhile, is being treated at the University Hospital of Pontchaillou where she was taken care of directly after the fact.