Trapped in this subway train while a pervert abuses her.
This is the terrible scene experienced by this traveler.
His attacker, a 25-year-old man, was arrested Monday morning at the Châtelet metro station by investigators from the regional transport service (SRT).
The alleged rapist, with a heavy criminal record, is suspected of having raped this 22-year-old young woman on the night from Sunday to Monday in a train on line 7 of the Paris metro.
The abuser jumped on her before raping her
It is 12:10 am when the victim settles in this train which rolls towards La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Between the Palais Royal and Pyramide stations, a man approaches her and advances to her.
"The victim tried to drive him away but the attacker became violent," said a source close to the case.
He ordered the young woman to perform oral sex on him before jumping on him and raping her. "
A couple who were in the same train intervene and the rapist flees when the metro stops at the station.
Police and firefighters come to the victim's aid.
She was shocked and taken to the medical service of the Hôtel-Dieu (Paris IVe) for examination.
SRT investigators gathered a good description of the assailant from witnesses.
The images from the metro's video surveillance system also provide a precise description of this man.
He is actively sought after in the metro.
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In the morning, around 7.45 am, the video operators located at the Châtelet station a suspect, dressed in Nike sweatpants and light green gloves, coming out of the metro on line 7. Clothes identical to those worn by the rapist.
At around 8:20 am, he was spotted and arrested on the mechanical carpet leading to line 1 by a police patrol.
This young man does not wish to speak to the agents before being placed in police custody in the premises of the service.
“He suffers from serious problems.
He has already been arrested eleven times for acts of violence and sexual offenses.
These are sexual exhibitions and he also annoyed his neighbor, ”adds the same source.
He underwent a psychiatric examination and the doctor considered that his state of health was incompatible with police custody.
He was taken to a specialized hospital.
No hearing has yet been possible.
The young man will be heard by the police when he leaves and the procedure will follow its course.
An emergency number set up by the RATP
“Rape in metro trains is not very common.
Sexual assaults and rapes are more regularly committed in the train or the RER or in the dark corners of the corridors of the metro ”, underlines an official.
These attacks often take place when young women come home from the evening and are committed by men who take advantage of their weakness while they are a little tipsy or exhausted.
A phenomenon which is currently on the decline given the health crisis and its curfew.
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RATP is actively collaborating with the police and has made its video images available to investigators.
The company recalls that it has set up an emergency number, 31-17, an emergency SMS, 31-177 and an application, "31-17" at the service of travelers who feel safe. danger.
1000 agents from the Network Protection and Security Group (GPSR) reinforce the police in their preventive actions.
And the 5,300 agents of the authority are all trained in the problems of harassment of women in transport.
It also has 5,000 emergency call points and 50,000 video surveillance cameras.