A 29-year-old man, suspected of seven or eight rapes of young adults between 2014 and 2020 and who allegedly raged in several cities including Limoges, Paris, Blois, Nevers, was arrested Tuesday near Toulouse.
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The alleged rapist, who had already been arrested for a case of sexual assault ten years ago, attracted his victims via social networks by posing as a young contemporary RNB singer from Rouen.
He used to meet them in apartments to abuse them.
According to the Limoges judicial police, cross-checking between services made it possible to identify it.
And "
stroke of luck
": "
By discussing with other services, we realized that there were several similar facts with an identical operating mode.
We then carried out a classic research work and we realized that it had prevailed mainly in Limoges but also in Paris, Blois and Nevers
", A source told PJ, confirming information from Europe 1.
The suspect, whose circumstances of arrest were not specified, was referred this Thursday to the prosecutor's office in Limoges and then before an investigating judge for the purposes of indictment for aggravated rape.
"
We are still cross-checking to find out if there are other victims,
" the same source said.
