The alleged perpetrator was arrested and then placed in a psychiatric hospital at the end of his police custody.
A 22-year-old young woman was raped in the middle of the street on Sunday February 27 in the early morning in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines), reports The Parisian . The defendant, a 30-year-old man with a history of sexual assault, was placed in a psychiatric hospital after his custody.
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The facts relayed by our colleagues were confirmed at Figaro by the parquet floor of Versailles. Sunday, February 27, around 7:20 a.m., the victim returned by train from an evening in Paris then got off at the RER station in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. As she heads for her home, she notices that a man on board the train is following her. She tries to run away but her attacker catches up with her, knocks her to the ground with a brush and then rapes her in the middle of the street. He fled in stride by taking another train.
In charge of the investigation, the departmental security of Yvelines and the railway network brigade identify the defendant, already known for acts of a sexual nature. He was arrested on Thursday March 3 when he got off a train at Viroflay station. While in police custody, the victim formally identified him as his rapist, details The Parisian.
The suspect interned in psychiatry
“The mental state of the defendant was incompatible with being kept in police custody, which was therefore lifted and he was hospitalized. Legally, the question of his placement in detention has therefore not arisen at this stage.“, indicates the parquet floor of Versailles to the Figaro.
A judicial investigation was nevertheless opened on Friday March 4. Thus, if the mental state of the defendant improves, he will not find himself “in the wild” and will have to be accountable to justice. “The objective of the opening of information is to allow the investigating judge, if he deems it appropriate, to issue an arrest warrant so that the person can be brought before him as soon as he leaves the hospital. , in order to carry out his first appearance interrogation with a view to his indictment“, specifies the parquet floor of Versailles.
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