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Nov 6, 2024 at 1:14 p.m.
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The man killed four people in two days and could potentially be guilty of other similar crimes.
Between October 27 and 29, 2024, in broad daylight, a suspect sexually assaulted three women near the parking lot of the Écully Grand Ouest shopping center, in the metropolis of Lyon.
He raped a fourth while she was accompanied by her baby in a stroller.
A strange-looking man traveling on a bicycle
According to information from Progressconfirmed at news Lyon by the suspect's lawyer, a security guard at the shopping center had been alerted in advance by several women of the presence of a prowler in the parking lot. A strange-looking man traveling on a bicycle.
The latter unfortunately did not wait to attack.
Three women suffered violent sexual touching from him. A mother, carrying her baby under two years old in a stroller, was digitally raped by the same man, who fought against her to achieve his ends. According to M.e Bertho-Briand, the child was not assaulted.
Alerted directly after the incident, the police were able to quickly arrest the suspect thanks to the description given and the shopping center's surveillance cameras.
“Strong suspicion of split personality”
Aged around twenty, the man was not previously known to the justice system and could be suffering from a mental disorder.
“There is a strong suspicion of split personality. He seems quite convinced that he is not the person who was arrested. He even gave another identity and another address,” explains his lawyer.
A psychiatric expertise should soon be ordered by the judge, who placed the suspect under investigation for rape and sexual assault on October 31 and did so imprisoned in the Corbas remand center while awaiting his judgment.
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