He was found by a neighbour, lying on a patch of lawn, at the foot of a building at the entrance to Noyon. A 30-year-old man jumped from the third floor of a residence on Rue du Capitaine Jean-Torris shortly before 9 a.m. on Saturday morning.
When the gendarmerie arrived, the victim, who was still conscious after a 10-metre fall, managed to explain to the soldiers that he had jumped out of the window on purpose because men were beating him in the apartment where he was staying. Immediately, the gendarmes entered the building and rang the bell where the attack had taken place. Faced with the silence of the occupants of the apartment, they were forced to force open the front door with a battering ram. Inside, they found five men and one woman clearly intoxicated. One of them rebels, struggles and insults one of the gendarmes.
'Very high blood alcohol levels'
Meanwhile, the thirty-year-old was rushed to the hospital in Compiègne from where "he was transferred to the hospital in Amiens (Somme) in view of his worrying state of health," the gendarmerie said. He has significant injuries to his lower extremities. »
The alleged attackers, aged between 20 and 40, were immediately taken into custody at the Noyon brigade. "They all had very high blood alcohol levels, which is why we haven't been able to hear them yet. We have to wait for them to sober up to get explanations," said an officer early Saturday evening. Despite the condition of the detainees, the scenario of a drunken evening gone wrong is emerging. According to the first elements of the investigation, the victim does indeed bear marks of beatings, in addition to the injuries due to his fall. The apartment belongs to the woman, who, like the five men who accompanied her, was unable to explain herself when they were arrested. After checking, all of them have already been in trouble with the justice system.