Paris: a recidivist imprisoned, suspected of sexual assault on a schoolgirl

Europe 1 with AFP 16:39 pm, April 01, 2023

A 50-year-old man was indicted on March 24 in Paris for sexual assault on a minor under 15 years old and possession of child pornography images, then imprisoned, said Saturday a judicial source, confirming information from the Parisian. This man is known to the justice for having been convicted several times for acts of sexual assault on minors, it was confirmed from the same source.

A recent release from prison

According to the daily, the homeless man had just been released from prison after a recent conviction, and the facts for which he is known date back, for the oldest, to 1992. Arrested on March 21, he is suspected this time of having tried to rape a 13-year-old schoolgirl four days earlier in the tenth arrondissement of Paris, said the judicial source. In a building lobby, according to Le Parisien.

Still according to the daily, the victim, struggling and screaming, would have managed to alert neighbors who would have warned the police, leading to the subsequent arrest of the suspect in the Gare du Nord. The Brigade for the Protection of Minors has been seized of the investigation, according to a source close to the case. Images of children being sexually abused were reportedly found on the man's phone, according to the newspaper.