Following this discovery, a 41-year-old man was deprived of his liberty. The latter was with the little girl in the abandoned house. The suspect was presented to the investigating judge on Tuesday for possible indictment and placement under arrest warrant for kidnapping of a minor under 12 years old and sexual assault.
Via a press release, the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office confirmed late Wednesday morning that the forty-year-old was indicted by the investigating judge for the kidnapping of the child. “The indictment of this leader is justified by the inappropriate reaction, the fact of not having warned the authorities of the discovery of the child, on the part of the suspect which could be explained in particular by the marginal situation in which he finds himself and by state altered at the time of the encounter by substance use. At this stage, there are no elements, neither objective nor factual, which allowed the investigating judge to charge the individual with. violation of integrity sexual”, specified the judicial authority.
The individual has not been placed under arrest warrant and the investigation continues, concluded the prosecution.
Kidnapped and raped? An open file for the 9-year-old girl found in a squat with a 41-year-old homeless man
