Woman assaulted in Blois by her ex: the policeman who did not take her complaint was suspended

Europe 1 with AFP 10:03 a.m., December 21, 2022

The policeman who had not taken the complaint last week of a woman, violently attacked a few hours later by her ex-companion in Blois, was suspended as a precaution, we learned Wednesday from a police source.

This decision, taken by the Director General of the National Police (DGPN), Frédéric Veaux, comes after his hearing on Tuesday by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), as part of an administrative investigation, a-t- added from the same source, confirming information from BFMTV.

The IGPN entered

The IGPN had been seized on Friday at the request of the prefect of Loir-et-Cher "in order to know precisely the conditions under which the victim had been, shortly before the facts, received at the Blois police station and invited to represent the the following day".

On December 13, around 7 p.m., the 24-year-old victim was found unconscious in the hall of a building by the police, warned by witnesses.

Two hours earlier, she had presented herself at the reception of the Blois police station where she had been invited to represent herself the next day.

After her attack, she was placed in a coma and suffered from "major hemorrhagic brain damage", said the prosecutor of the Republic of Blois Charlotte Beluet.

His vital prognosis was engaged and his neurological prognosis had been described as "gloomy" in a press release from the prosecution.

His former companion, aged 27, was arrested Thursday in Plaisir (Yvelines).

He admitted to having given several "crushing" kicks in the head of the victim but "disputed having intended to kill his former companion".

He was remanded in custody as part of a criminal investigation for attempted murder.

On Tuesday, between 150 and 200 people demonstrated in Blois to denounce the police's treatment of violence against women.