His mother found him naked and vulnerable: a young disabled man raped in the toilets of a shopping center by an Algerian under OQTF

The tragedy took place on November 22 in the toilets of the shopping center Atlantis, in Saint-Herblain, near Nantes, report Ocean Press et Le Figaro. A 25-year-old young man with severe mental disabilitiesaccompanied his mother to go shopping. Around 3 p.m., he went to the toilet but did not come out.

Worry, his mother ended up going into the men's restroom. There she allegedly caught a man raping his sondescribed as naked and vulnerablenot seeming to understand what is happening to him. Alerted, the shopping center security agents immediately arrested the suspect, who they handed over to the police.

The scene was filmed by video surveillance cameras. An amateur video, showing extracts of the video surveillance images, was published on social networks.

Pregabalin, the “poor man’s drug”

While in police custody, the suspect admitted the facts while claiming that the victim had beenagreeable“with him. However, according to the public prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul, the young disabled person is incapable of expressing any consent.

Analyzes revealed that the individual was drunk and under the influence of drugsincluding pregabalin, a substance nicknamed the “poor man’s drug”, often associated with violent behavior. It is a drug prescribed to treat epilepsy and neuropathic pain but misused as a narcotic for its disinhibiting and stimulating effects.

Presented last Sunday to an investigating judge and the judge of liberties, the suspect was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention at the Nantes remand center. If his precise identity is still being verified, the individual would be a 36-year-old Algerian, both homeless and undocumented, and therefore subject to an OQTF (obligation to leave French territory).