The victim told investigators that she did not know the attacker but that she had seen him before. After the facts, his vital prognosis was engaged.
Oumar N., 18, was indicted for “rape accompanied by torture or acts of barbarism” in early August, in Cherbourg, of a 29-year-old young woman who had been hospitalized in serious condition, AFP learned from the prosecution on Saturday. The suspect, “already known unfavorably to justice”, was placed in pre-trial detention Friday evening, told AFP Dorothée Thoumyre, deputy prosecutor of Coutances (Manche), where the procedure was transferred.
Following the “acts of great violence” occurred at his home, the victim was immediately hospitalized and “his vital prognosis was engaged”, said Friday the public prosecutor of Cherbourg, Pierre-Yves Marot. Asked about the state of health of the victim after these events which occurred on August 4, the Coutances prosecution was not in a position on Saturday to give news of the young woman.
Initiated by the Cherbourg public prosecutor’s office, the procedure was transmitted on Friday to the Coutances public prosecutor’s office, the investigation center, which opened a judicial investigation for rape accompanied by torture or acts of barbarism.
aggression
Naked and in a state of shock, the victim, a 29-year-old young woman from Cherbourg, explained to the police that she had just been beaten and raped. His testimony is chilling. She had told investigators that she had been assaulted by a man “that she had already seen but that she did not know”. Le Figaro reports that the attacker entered her home to hit her repeatedly, in the face and on the body, before raping her several times, in particular with a broomstick.
According to the revelations of Figaro, a papillary trace left on a door made it possible to identify the attacker. The automated fingerprint file identified Oumar N., an 18-year-old man known to the police. The evidence was corroborated by the geolocation of his smartphone at the time of the facts. Placed in police custody on Thursday, the man had finished “by laconically recognizing the facts likely to be attributed to him”, according to the magistrate in Cherbourg.
Hospital staff in shock
On her arrival at the Pasteur hospital, the young woman was plunged into an artificial coma and admitted to the operating room. Several hours of surgery followed. Raped with a broom handle, the victim’s colon, small intestine, peritoneum, diaphragm and pneumothorax were perforated. She also had broken ribs. Faced with the brutality of his injuries, some staff members burst into tears. According to information from France Bleu, a psychological cell has been opened for health professionals who feel the need.
