Overview
- The 51-year-old deputy head of Rouen’s unit for personal-injury cases was placed under formal investigation and remanded, according to the Évreux prosecutor.
- Two girls, now 17 and 13, filed complaints saying they were assaulted after meeting the officer through his daughter, with alleged acts dating to 2019 and over the past two years.
- January searches at his workplace and home found numerous images depicting minors on his phone and a hard drive containing files apparently drawn from a judicial case handled by his service.
- IGPN arrested the officer on December 8; he disputed the older girl’s account, acknowledged part of the younger girl’s allegations, and admitted possessing child sexual abuse images and viewing such sites.
- A judicial inquiry was opened on counts including sexual assaults of minors under 15, corruption of a minor, possession of illegal images, and alleged misuse of personal data, now overseen by prosecutors in Évreux.