“The vital prognosis of the victim is, to my knowledge, still engaged”announced Dorothée Thoumyre, the deputy prosecutor of Cherbourg, as reported France Blue Monday, August 14, 2023. It has been ten days since this young woman was brutally raped while she was at her home located in the city center of Cherbourg. Indeed, according to the victim’s account, the acts of great violence took place on Friday August 4, 2023. The man allegedly broke into her home. He then allegedly punched her in the face and body before raping her. “especially with a broomstick longer than 75 centimeters”also specified France Blue. According to doctors interviewed by the Figaro Sunday August 13, 2023, the young woman who finds herself between life and death suffers “a perforation of the colon, small intestine, peritoneum and diaphragm, pneumothorax, fractured ribs, cyanotic breast and high risk of septic shock”. After long hours of operation, the young woman was plunged into an artificial coma.
The suspect is known unfavorably to the police
Based on information published Friday, August 11, 2023 by TF1 Newsthe prosecution had indicated that the suspect happened to be a young man of large build aged 18, indicted for “rape accompanied by torture or acts of barbarism”before being taken into custody. “The suspect was already known unfavorably to justice”, according to the deputy prosecutor. After denying it at first, “he laconically acknowledged the facts likely to be attributed to him“, had indicated Dorothée Thoumyre. For his part, the victim told the investigators that he had “already seen”his attacker, claiming however “not knowing him”. A source familiar with the matter told the Figaro : “We are on a dangerous profile, he showed absolutely no emotion and no empathy for the victim. He showed coldness throughout the police custody”. In addition, the young man is also involved in a previous case of sexual assault “about his own 4 year old little sister“. He remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until proven otherwise by the competent authorities.