The facts denounced would have taken place in a bus in Lyon.
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Elisa Riberry / 20 Minutes
The alert, given quickly after the fact, allowed the rapid arrest of a suspect.
Last Thursday, around 5:40 p.m., a 57-year-old man, suspected of sexual assault on minors, was arrested on Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon by emergency police.
Tried in immediate appearance
According to departmental security, which reported this case on Monday, the man allegedly attacked an 11-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, going so far as to touch their buttocks in a bus.
Placed in custody and interviewed, the suspect denied the facts despite the statements of witnesses accusing him, the police added.
Presented to the prosecution on Saturday, the fifty-year-old was imprisoned pending his judgment scheduled for Monday in immediate appearance before the criminal court of Lyon.
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