DEPECHE INFO. Toulouse. For months, the pervert traumatized the inhabitants of a building located in the Roseraie
For more than five months, the inhabitants of a building located in the Roseraie sector, in Toulouse, lived in fear. That of meeting this pervert who observed them every night from the lower terraces and entered the common areas … The man was finally arrested on Monday.
“When I woke up in the night, I noticed a man staring at me from the lower terrace. He noticed that I was watching him but did not flinch”, testifies Céline (1), still shocked by this scene. “I thought of a horror movie,” she adds.
Between July and the start of the week, the inhabitants of a building located in the Roseraie district experienced a real ordeal. The fault of a pervert who sneaked around every night, or almost, near their apartments and observed them discreetly.
“One night in July, I was sleeping naked in my room when I surprised this voyeur. He had invited himself to the neighbors’ terrace below, absent at the time, and was leaning on a wall to look at me. “, adds Marion, another tenant of this exclusively female accommodation.
“Without clear proof, hard to stop”
Following these traumatic experiences, one of the victims hung a note on the mailboxes, intended to avoid the neighbors of this unhealthy presence in the area. “He had done the same thing with all the women. Some have even moved”, assure Céline and Marion. At least five complaints were lodged with the police between the summer and November. “But without obvious proof or flagrant offense, difficult to stop this pervert”, underlines Marion.
And in August, Celine’s father located this intruder near his daughter’s home. He chased him and then cornered him while waiting for the police to arrive. “At that time, we unfortunately could not prove that it was him, although we all knew it. The officials noted his identity but let him leave” these women.
Finally arrested this Monday
Since this episode, where he passed close to police custody, the presence of the voyeur has not diminished. On the contrary. “If I close the shutters, he would open them with pieces of wood. This Sunday evening, he was seen in front of a window”, specifies Marion, who feared the worst. “He managed to get the codes to enter the common areas. We could meet him anywhere. This kind of person can be dangerous,” imagines this victim.
New hearings of witnesses and victims took place at the end of the week and the 25-year-old suspect was arrested on Monday by the unit for attacks on people on the right bank. This foreigner should be tried today by the Toulouse Criminal Court.