527 DNA tests begin in French school rapist hunt
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MALE students and staff at a French school yesterday began providing police with DNA samples in an unprecedented operation aimed at discovering who raped a 16-year-old female pupil on the premises.
The operation has raised concerns over rights violations after the prosecutor handling the case said anyone refusing to submit a sample would be considered a potential suspect.
By mid-afternoon, 142 of 527 males asked to participate had provided samples at Fenelon-Notre Dame, a private Catholic high school in La Rochelle, on France’s Atlantic coast.
“Nobody has objected and the samples have been taken in a calm and orderly fashion,” local prosecutor Isabelle Pagenelle told reporters, defending her decision to order the tests.
“To say this is a first, does not automatically mean it is not a legitimate operation,” she added.
It was expected to take until tomorrow for all the samples to be collected from 475 students, 31 teachers and 21 other staff known to have been on site at the time of the attack.
The girl was raped in a toilet on September 30. The lights were turned off and she has been unable to identify her attacker.
A trace of male DNA taken from her clothing will be compared with the samples.
“We have nothing to go on except the DNA,” said Pagenelle. “The choice was simple — I either had to close the case or do what I have done.”
Authorities said samples that do not match the DNA found on the victim will be destroyed.
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