The Grenoble courthouse, in Isère.

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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

The traces left at the scene of the assault led to him.

Tuesday, a 25-year-old man was indicted in Grenoble for "rape and sexual assault committed at the threat of a weapon" for attacking a septuagenarian in June 2020, learned

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from the prosecution.

On June 20, on the way up to La Bastille in Grenoble, a 79-year-old woman was raped and sexually assaulted at the threat of a knife.

"The traces of sperm left by the attacker made it possible to find him", adds the prosecution of Grenoble.

In detention for other acts

The man is currently being held as part of an open investigation in Besançon, where he is being indicted for acts of sexual assault under the threat of a knife committed in August 2020. Presented Tuesday to an investigating judge then to the judge of freedoms and detention, the young man was placed under a second warrant of committal.

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  • Sexual assault

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  • Grenoble

  • Rape

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