A man suspected of raping a woman on the night from Friday to Saturday in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, was indicted and remanded in custody on Monday, according to a judicial source.
The individual had been filmed by residents on Avenue de Flandre, not far from Place Stalingrad.
A man, filmed by residents in the 19th arrondissement of Paris raping a woman, was indicted Monday and remanded in custody, we learned from a judicial source.
The suspect was arrested during the night from Friday to Saturday after being filmed by residents raping a woman on the public highway, avenue de Flandre, not far from Stalingrad Square.
At the end of his police custody, he was indicted for "rape by a person in a state of intoxication, drug trafficking and use of drugs" and placed in pre-trial detention, said a judicial source.
Local residents overwhelmed by the presence of drug addicts
On a video, taken by residents who regularly film the nuisances linked to drug trafficking and posted on Twitter, the victim can be heard calling for help. The police, alerted shortly before 1:00 am by residents, arrested the man. A second video, also online, shows a man in handcuffs being taken away by the police. A police source had indicated that the suspect had been "designated by the victim".
The investigation was entrusted to the 2nd district of judicial police. The north-east of the capital, in particular the place of Stalingrad and its surroundings, is plagued by the traffic of crack, nicknamed "the drug of the poor". The residents, exasperated by the presence of drug addicts, renamed this place "Stalincrack". An investigation for "violence with a weapon" has been underway since the fireworks were fired two nights in a row in early May. These shots were aimed at crack smokers, according to testimonies from residents.