the suspect admitted to one of the rapes of which he is accused

The suspect in the so-called “scooter rapist” case admitted to one of the rapes with which he is accused, the Grenoble public prosecutor declared at a press conference on Monday April 8. “The accused admitted only one act of rape, not the other six facts that we accuse him of”detailed Eric Vaillant. “He admitted the act of rape for which he is confused by his DNA”.

The man arrested on Friday, aged 22, was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Sunday. He is being pursued “for two rapes, an attempted rape, an attempted sexual assault, an attempted extortion and two acts of violence”, said the prosecution. Sunday morning, while his police custody was in progress, a source close to the case reported to franceinfo that he denied all of the facts with which he was accused.

The DNA expertise of the samples taken during the suspect’s custody, carried out urgently by the Lyon national police laboratory, made it possible to confuse the individual “on one of the cases which the prosecution referred to the investigating judge”reported Eric Vaillant on Saturday. “Only one rape can be reliably attributed to the suspect thanks to DNA. At this stage, the investigation continues into the other facts”he then added.