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IGPN investigation after a rape complaint against a police officer

An investigation entrusted to the police is underway after a complaint for rape targeting a police officer in Roubaix (North), we learned Friday from the prosecution and a source close to the case, confirming information from RMC-BFMTV.

The accused police officer, seconded for his trade union mandate in the Lille metropolitan area, recognizes an affair but denies any rape and any assault, according to his lawyer. “The investigation entrusted to the IGPN begins“, Indicated the Lille prosecutor’s office, requested by AFP. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to AFP the accusation of rape and the seizure of the General Inspectorate of the National Police.

According to the RMC-BFM website, a 35-year-old woman filed a complaint, claiming to have been raped on Tuesday at her home by a police officer whom she allegedly met some time earlier at the Roubaix police station while filing a complaint for domestic violence. This police officer then wrote her several text messages, until she agreed to receive him at her home, where he allegedly raped her. According to the police officer’s lawyer, “they crossed paths in the premises“From the police station and”she was the one who got his contact details and got in touch with him». «There is an affair, but everything is agreed. We deny that there was anything forced“, Me Emmanuel Riglaire told AFP, denouncing”foul rumors».

«The man I defend is anxious to wash his honor and bring the material elements that prove the reality of his innocenceHe adds.

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