Alençon prosecutor François Coudert gave more details to BFMTV about the end of the hostage-taking at Condé-sur-Sarthe prison.
“This hostage-taking involved two guards who were released voluntarily, the first around lunchtime and the second after the raid intervened as part of a handover protocol. He voluntarily agreed to surrender,” he said.
In addition, the lawyer said that ” this person was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder and rape” and that he “had already been convicted of violence against persons in the past”.BFMTV
Sofiane Rasmouk, 33 years old, is alleged to have been holding two guards of the Alençon-Condé (Orne) prison hostage since 10am on Tuesday October 5, 2021. He is described as impulsive and violent. The man is in prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment with a term of 22 years for rape and attempted murder.
At his appeal trial at the Yvelines Regional Court in September 2017, he was given the maximum sentence for the 2013 rape of two young women in Colombes and La Garenne-Colombes, near Paris. According to an article in Le Parisien, he was described by experts as a “psychopath”. His nickname: “the monster of Colombes”.
This is not the first time that the man, described by local sources as “impulsive” and “violent”, has attacked prison guards. In April 2018, he was sentenced to six months in prison by the Versailles Criminal Court for attacking two guards in Bois-d’Arcy prison.
According to our information, Sofiane Rasmouk is one of the specially monitored prisoners (DPS) in Alençon-Condé prison. Ouest-France
An inmate at Alençon-Condé prison (Orne) has been holding a guard and a staff member hostage since 9.30am on Tuesday October 5, 2021. The man, who is serving a life sentence and has been in Orne prison for less than a month, is said to be holding the two officers captive in his cell. He allegedly stole their keys and walkie-talkies.
The Eris, regional intervention and security teams, are on their way to intervene. A crisis unit has also been set up at the Interregional Directorate of Prison Management in Rennes. Ouest-France
” Savage, wild, he grabs her by the hair, whispers in her ear that she should be quiet, that she should not look at him. And he throws her to the ground, between two vehicles, on the rough and cold concrete. He rips off her trousers and rapes her. He rapes her twice. To humiliate her again, he insults her, threatens her with his knife and quotes the Qur’ an. Words and gestures that cannot be explained. In a new fit of rage, he hits her in the face with his fists and knees. The blood that flows does not make him refrain. (…) She struggles not to faint, choking. Her heart is pounding in her small chest. Her body aches, an unbearable pain. She begs the man to be left alone (…)”
This is what fate suffered 19-year-old Sandra Grolez, the victim of Sofiane Razmouk in August 2013. Sofiane Razmouk, who has been convicted 24 times since 2002, in particular for sexual assault, benefited from a programme of temporary release “under the pretext of training” since May 2013. Free and working during the day, locked up and arrested at night”: He took advantage of this to rape Sandra Grolez and Priscillia Atzori in Colombes and beat them in the face with his fists and knees.
The other victim narrowly escaped death: “On arrival at the hospital, Priscillia underwent four hours of surgery: The neurosurgeons removed half of her skull because the condition of her impacted brain had deteriorated. She also suffered several fractures to her nose, jaw and right temporal lobe. She is in a coma and is in a very serious condition (…)”. Paris Match
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