Overview
- A 15-year-old reported being assaulted on a Line H train near Nointel-Mours on September 19, then raped again nearby after a bus driver ignored his plea for help.
- Gendarmes from the Versailles research section identified a suspect who was arrested on September 21 and placed in police custody.
- The Pontoise prosecutor says the 32-year-old, born in Algeria and unemployed, was indicted on September 24 for rape of a minor over 15 and has been remanded to pretrial detention.
- Authorities state he was subject to an obligation to leave French territory, and his criminal record shows no prior convictions.
- Investigators are reviewing his administrative file as media reports say he was to be placed in an administrative detention center but no space was available.