Giant aperitif in Montpellier: three young accused of rape

Giant aperitif in Montpellier: three young accused of rape


Giant aperitif in Montpellier: three young accused of rape

Accused of rape in a giant aperitif in Montpellier, three young people were placed in custody. (LP/ILLUSTRATION/GUILLAUME ROUJAS)

Three youths suspected of raping a 17-year old Irish Friday evening in Montpellier, in a "giant aperitif" organized via Facebook were arrested, announced Saturday the Director of Office of the prefect of the herault, Pierre Maitrot.
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Giant aperitif in Montpellier, France: police custody for three young accused of rape
"Giant aperitif" in Montpellier, France: police custody for three young accused of rape


Arrested on indications of the girl, they are accused of touching on the minor to 23: 30 on the same premises of the aperitif, the place of Europe, a large lawn diving in the dark in places. Two individuals, a major and a minor, were still in custody Saturday late morning at the hotel of Montpellier police, said at the departmental Directorate of public security (DDSP) of l ' Hérault. A third was released, the victim does with not identified him as one of the assailants, suspected in the confrontation.

This girl, linguistic stay with a group of Irish 15, said investigators have been assaulted by three men, "two the who blocked and one the having assaulted", after losing his friends in a crowd movement.

Step precision about the nature of the alleged sexual assault

Police services did not wish to specify the nature of the alleged sexual assault. Two suspects deny the facts, was on the other hand said. DNA tests were underway Saturday afternoon.
The Prosecutor of the Republic were to decide Saturday "in the afternoon" as a possible deferral of the two assailants suspected before a judge.

"The forensic analysis on the young girl shows no blows against him." "She was able to free himself from his three assailants suspected to immediately alert the police officers present at the scene", it added. "That does not mean, of course, that she not was assaulted", underlined the same source.


About 5,000 people participated in this "giant aperitif" authorized by the prefecture and placed under high surveillance, a little more than a year after a first edition, then banned, that attracted 10,000 participants.

A decade of highly alcoholic revellers were supported by relief deployed on-site services. The event ended in the night, about 2 o'clock in the morning. Some 60 police officers were present and an equivalent of personal of CRS and gendarmes mobile number. Forty firefighters were mobilized and aquatic rescue team.

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