An elderly French national was arrested on the island of Rhodes and is being accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl, also a French national.
According to local media, the heinous crime took place in a hotel room in Ialyssos in the earl morning hours of Saturda, where the perpetrator and the girl with her family were spending vacations.
The man was allegedly located by the victim’s father in the little girl’s room. The girl was naked and crying.
The father pushed the perpetrator away and started shouting out loud, alarming the other hotel guests and the personnel.
Police arrived quickly and arrested the man.
A prosecutor ordered a forensic examination of the victim and the perpetrator and found evidence that the little girl was molested.
Local newspaper rodiaki.gr gives the man’s age as 84 and noted that he told authorities that he was suffering from dementia. On the other hand, local daily dimokratiki.gr reported that the perpetrator is 79 year old.
Some other media claimed that the perpetrator was a retired pediatrician.
He is to be taken to prosecutor, he faces serious charges.
The local society is in shock and demands the severe punishment of the elderly perpetrator.
Authorities continue investigation with the testimonies of the victim’s family members, eyewitnesses and hotel personnel.
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