Man in custody as part of investigation into rape of minor in Meaux

The suspect, who was subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), has “already been convicted in particular for acts of sexual assault”, the Meaux prosecutor’s office announced on Friday.

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A car of the national police. Illustrative photo. (RICCARDO MILANI / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

An investigation into rape was opened by the Meaux public prosecutor’s office after a complaint from a minor, who claimedhaving been the victim of rape”announced the public prosecutor of Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier, in a press release on Friday June 28.. A man was arrested and taken into custody. “He will be referred tomorrow to the Meaux public prosecutor’s office with a view to opening a judicial investigation into the charge of rape”the prosecutor said.

According to the Meaux public prosecutor’s office, this investigation follows the complaint filedby a young girl born in Ukraine in 2009 who claims to have been, during the day of June 27, 2024, taken by force from her home by a man she met in the streets and to have been the victim of rape”. The suspect, “already convicted in particular for acts of sexual assault”, was subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF). The Meaux public prosecutor’s office announced that it “will require his placement in pre-trial detention”.


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