A man, on the run since a gang rape committed in February 2020 during a burglary in the Yvelines, was arrested on Wednesday in La Gaillarde, a small Norman village where he had rebuilt his life, we learned on Thursday 10 February with the judicial police.
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The 33-year-old fugitive had been sentenced in his absence to twelve years' imprisonment by the Yvelines Assize Court for having, on February 16, 2020, raped a woman after having robbed her accommodation in Carrières-sous-Poissy. .
Arrested a month after the events, his 25-year-old accomplice was sentenced to eight years in prison but "
had completely disappeared from circulation, without leaving any trace behind him
", Commissioner Guillaume told AFP. Lacassin, head of the National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF).
This specialized service, attached to the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime (OCLCO), was seized in January to find him.
Thanks to technical investigations, in particular by telephone, and physical surveillance, BNRF investigators locate him in the Normandy countryside, in the village of La Gaillarde (Seine-Maritime).
"
He had rebuilt his life with a new companion, under another name by usurping the identity of a member of his family
", detailed the commissioner.
Installed in a pavilion with a henhouse, the man, unemployed, was arrested "
when he had an appointment to acquire a hen
", he added.
Presented to the prosecutor's office of Versailles, he was imprisoned and has a period of one month to appeal his conviction.
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