Waking up in the middle of the night on Saturday May 28, a little girl living in Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc discovered that a man had slipped into her bed. The intruder was kissing her hand.
A waking nightmare. On the night of Saturday May 28, a ten-year-old girl living in Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc discovered that a man had slipped into her bed in the middle of the night. When she woke up, the little girl saw the intruder kissing her hand, specify our colleagues from West France. She first thought it was her father, before realizing she didn’t recognize the face of the man next to her. Panicked, the little girl went to her brother’s room, then to her parents’.
Alerted, the gendarmes arrested the intruder, who turned out to be under the influence of alcohol. Placed in police custody, the 47-year-old man explained that he spent the evening in a bar near the house in Saint-Etienne-de-Montluc. Very drunk, he left the scene and came across the unlocked house, which he entered in the company of another man. The identity of this second intruder, who probably left before the arrival of the gendarmes, has not been communicated.
The intruder referred for psychological violence and attempted sexual assault
Referred to the Nantes prosecutor’s office on Tuesday, May 30, the 47-year-old man will be the subject of a deferred appearance to give investigators time to carry out various expertise. First, the little girl must undergo an examination to ensure that she has not been assaulted in her sleep. A psychological expertise will also be carried out on the child, in order to take the measure of his trauma. Pending these capital results, the intruder was remanded in custody. He is accused of psychological violence and attempted sexual assault.