Europe 1 with AFP 3:56 p.m., November 24, 2021
A 43-year-old woman was raped and then seriously burned by two men on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Isère.
The suspects fled.
An investigation was opened for "rapes accompanied by torture or acts of barbarism".
A 43-year-old woman was raped and then seriously burned by two men on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Voiron, in Isère, before the latter fled, we learned from a judicial source. "The prosecution has opened an investigation for rape accompanied by torture or acts of barbarism. These facts are punishable by life imprisonment, "Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant said in a statement.
Raped and sprayed with hydroalcoholic gel
The investigation was entrusted to the Grenoble judicial police service, added the magistrate, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Dauphiné Libéré
. According to the daily, the victim, who was urgently hospitalized in a burn care center in Lyon, had started the evening with the two suspects. The evening continued at his home.
The nature of their relationship was not specified.
Against a background of alcoholism, the forty-something was then raped before being sprayed with hydroalcoholic gel that her attackers set on fire.
"The firefighters and police from the Voiron police station were called shortly after 4 hours by the victim who was found lying in his apartment, still conscious but very seriously injured", adds the Dauphiné Libéré, specifying that the victim was burned over 30% of the body.