A police trainer, already targeted by complaints of sexual harassment, was arrested on Tuesday, December 6 in Toulouse for similar facts and will be tried in May for this case, AFP learned from the prosecution, Thursday, December 8.
This 53-year-old police officer "
was arrested because he had followed a lady in a car to her home and made sexual remarks to her
", declared AFP Samuel Vuelta-Simon, prosecutor of the Republic of Toulouse.
He will be tried on May 24, 2023 for harassment with sexist and sexual remarks, and is placed under judicial supervision by then.
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The defendant was already the subject of ten complaints for similar facts, which occurred within the school of the national police of Toulouse where he officiated as a trainer.
These complaints are still being investigated.
The investigation within the school “
made it possible to discover other victims
”, specified the prosecutor who evokes “
remarks of a sexual or sexist nature
”, while an investigation by the IGPN is also underway.
At the time of his arrest on Tuesday, the 50-year-old had been on sick leave since April, the date corresponding to the filing of the complaints.
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