An octogenarian suffering from Alzheimer's and in a wheelchair raped by her drunk carer: the suspect indicted

Une octogénaire violée à son domicile par son auxiliaire de vie. (illustration) Steven HWG sur Unsplash

Ce samedi 20 avril 2024, une octogénaire a été victime d’une agression sexuelle par son auxiliaire de vie à Dainville, dans le Pas-de-Calais.

A woman, aged 80, was raped by her carer in Dainville near Arras, in Pas-de-Calais. The events took place late in the afternoon at the victim's home, indicates the daily La Voix du Nord. The octogenarian suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and is in a wheelchair.

Indicted and placed in pre-trial detention

This Saturday, it was the firefighters who intervened to help this octogenarian in the north of France. The victim quickly indicated that the perpetrator of the attack suffered was his caregiver, who was no longer on the scene at the time of the emergency response. He is a 57-year-old man.

Despite everything, the police were able to quickly find him and arrest him near the scene, specifies the site Actu. The suspect admitted the charges against him while in police custody. According to the initial findings of the investigation, the caregiver was in a state of drunkenness and would have been surprised by the victim's daughter at the time of the events.

Note that the individual was referred to the Arras public prosecutor's office this Monday, a judicial investigation was opened. He was then indicted and then placed in pre-trial detention, details the daily.