A customer was indicted for the murder of a prostitute in Colombes, near Paris. A violent altercation would have submitted between the sex worker, her agents and a client.
A client was indicted for the murder of a prostitute in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Monday, August 18.
The man has been taken into custody since the facts. He was indicted for attempted murder. He was referred alongside the two victim security guards, including a 17 -year -old minor. The latter were placed under this regime for attempted murder on the client and aggravated pimps.
A violent altercation with knives
The drama took place on the night of Friday August 15 to Saturday August 16. That evening, a prostitute received “a first client whose attitude worried her”, but he left the apartment “without difficulty”. “She warned the man in charge of his security who asked for reinforcement, knowing that a second client who has placed an order with the first should arrive,” added the prosecution.
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The victim, a colleague from the first woman, then arrived accompanied by his own “security service”. An “altercation” then occurred and knives left: the three individuals present are injured and the sex worker implied “fatally affected by the customer”.
Seven sex workers killed in 2024
The two bodyguards suspected of attempted murder and aggravated pimping were placed in pre -trial detention. The first prostitute and the first customer, placed in police custody alongside the three accused, were released without prosecution at this stage.
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According to the Jasmine site, a program to combat violence against violence against the sex workers of the NGO World Doctors, seven women exercising this activity were killed in France in 2024. The platform recorded no less than 3,110 reports of violence, that same year, with in particular 203 rapes or attempts and 82 cases of aggression with a weapon.
