The Grenoble public prosecutor's office announced that it would open a judicial investigation into seven facts this Friday in the case of sexual assaults, rapes and physical assaults that occurred between January 22 and March 16 in the Grenoble metropolitan area and for which the same man, traveling on a scooter, is still wanted, learned Le Parisien, confirming information from Dauphiné Libéré.
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The individual, still actively sought by the police, is suspected of two rapes, an attempted rape, a sexual assault, acts of violence and an attempted extortion committed in the Grenoble area, according to information from the public prosecutor's office. communicated on Tuesday.
Two facts ruled out
The reported events took place in the city center of Grenoble, as well as in the urban area: in Saint-Martin-d'Hères and Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux. Each time, the victims are young women aged 20 to 27. The attacker would intervene alone, in the evening or at night. He is dressed in black and travels through the streets of the city on a black scooter. “He spots his victims and follows them before attacking them,” according to the same source.
“Two facts previously mentioned were dismissed by the prosecution and the investigators, the investigations carried out no longer allowing them to be held against the accused,” said the Grenoble public prosecutor, Éric Vaillant. The broadcast of the rapist's report allowed the police to collect several dozen testimonies which are processed by investigators diligently. »