alençon · FR
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A homeless man in his sixties was beaten to death in the centre of Alençon, in the Orne, during the night of 17 to 18 August 2026. Police were alerted to an assault in progress and found him seriously injured but conscious. He died about twenty minutes later. According to the prosecutor of Caen, witness statements and video footage led police to detain several people who, after drinking earlier in the evening, had been in contact with the victim and had gone on drinking with him before the group separated. Running short of drink, two of them decided to retrieve a bottle they had left with him. They found the man, who walked with a crutch. One of them put him on the ground, beat him and struck him with his own crutch, while the second filmed the scene. On 20 August 2026 the prosecutor announced the opening of a judicial investigation for murder, failure to report a crime and failure to assist a person in danger, against four men. A 21-year-old was placed under formal investigation for the murder of a vulnerable person and remanded in custody; he faces a possible life sentence. Three others, aged between 17 and 25, who had witnessed the assault or been told of it, were placed under formal investigation for failure to assist a person in danger and/or failure to report a crime, and were placed under judicial supervision.
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- Imputato — 20 agosto 2026 fonte
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- city corrected from "caen", the seat of the prosecutor who announced the case, to "alençon" in the Orne, where the killing took place, and coordinates moved from the Caen centroid to the Alençon centroid. incident_date corrected from 2026-08-20, the date of the announcement, to 2026-08-18, the night of Monday to Tuesday given by the prosecutor. victim.age_range corrected from 20-30 to 60-70: the intake heuristic took "25 ans" from the age range of the suspects, but the victim is described as a man in his sixties. victim.sex set to M. judicial_status set to charged. slug updated to match.