Le Figaro Nice
The facts are chilling, barely believable.
And yet, on Wednesday, a 53-year-old nursing assistant working at the Pasteur hospital in Nice was indicted on charges of "rape and sexual assault on a vulnerable person", Le Figaro learned on Friday from
the
prosecution, confirming a information from
Nice Matin
.
This man, married and father of a family, is suspected of having committed the unspeakable on a sedated patient admitted to the intensive care unit.
The caregiver was caught in the middle of an attack by a nurse who had doubts about his behavior.
The latter had the reflex to film the scene, constituting irrefutable proof of the responsibility of his colleague.
Arrested and placed in police custody, the suspect first tried to deny the facts before being confronted with images of his attack.
After his indictment and his presentation before an investigating judge, he was placed in pre-trial detention during the night from Thursday to Friday.
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Suspicions from 2019
The investigations, entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Security, have only just begun.
The question now is whether this father was his first attempt or whether the list of victims is longer than it seems.
According to the regional daily, the man has worked at night, in the intensive care unit, for at least ten years.
As early as 2019, the first suspicions would have weighed on him for similar facts, without the evidence ever being sufficient for any indictment.