A man was indicted for “ attempted murder concomitant to another crime, rape with acts of barbarism ” against a young woman, and imprisoned, the Toulouse prosecutor's office said on Thursday lawyer for the suspect.
According to the Dépêche du Midi, which revealed the case, the victim is the partner of the suspect, 24 years old. She was rescued in the night from Monday to Tuesday naked and bloodied, with numerous vaginal wounds, in the stairwell of the building where the couple was staying with a friend, specifies the Dispatch. The prosecution confirmed that an " individual was indicted " Wednesday " counts of attempted murder concomitant to another crime, rape with acts of barbarism " and placed in pre-trial detention.
Arrested after the discovery of the victim, the suspect " reserves the primacy of his statements to the investigating judge ", told AFP his lawyer, Me Jocelyn Momasso-Momasso. The prosecution and the lawyer invoked the secrecy of the investigation to refuse any further details.
According to the Dispatch, the victim was operated on in an emergency and his life prognosis was no longer engaged, but he remained hospitalized. The Toulouse prosecutor's office indicated in this case that " the dissemination in a local newspaper of procedural elements may give rise to a judicial inquiry ".
