France: Serial Sexual Predator on Trial in Paris

Hat tip Francois Desouche

"Terrified, Elsa met the gaze of a 60-year-old who was a few meters from her. "I cried for help," she remembers. "But instead of intervening, he turned his back on me and looked away as if nothing was happening." {...}

The French blog, Francois Desouche, is cross-posting an article from Le Parisien reporting on the trial of a 26-year-old Tunisian defendant, identified only as Nidhal O., who is on trial for multiple sexual assaults against 6 women in Paris committed over the course of 3 days in 2023.

The suspect is reportedly illegally in France, having already been deported from Belgium after being convicted for various acts of violence in that country.

The headline and first paragraph below are from Francois Desouche. The final two paragraphs are from Le Parisien. The complete article from Le Parisien is not available due to a subscriber block. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Paris: Expelled from Belgium, Tunisian, Nidhal O., in the country illegally, hunted his victims, "like prey". Six women attacked in the space of three days

September 24, 2025, at 17:40

Since Monday, Nidhal O., a 26-year-old Tunisian, has been on trial in Paris for sexual acts and attempted rapes committed against 6 women within the space of 3 days in December 2023. The verdict is expected Friday. Arriving in France a few months earlier, after having been expelled from Belgium, where he had been convicted for acts of violence, the Tunisian, Nidhal O., addicted to cannabis, seems to have been wandering the streets of the capital, where his immigration status is illegal. 

(Translator's note): The text below was cross-posted by Francois Desouche from Le Parisien. There are only two paragraphs available due to a subscriber block.

For Elsa (first name has been changed), there is now only one way to sit on the Metro: "Arms crossed, coat closed, and face to the ground," she says. "At the (slightest) thing, I am on alert," the young woman continues, who no longer goes out with her tear gas spray. The reason for this "hypervigilance"? On December 5, 2023, shortly after 11 pm, she was the victim of a sexual attack in the corridors of the Miromesnil station while she was changing between lines 13 and 9.

On the phone with her sister, the 18-year-old student had almost arrived at the platform when she crossed paths with a man dressed in a green jacket. "He passed me and suddenly, I felt him grab my arms strongly from behind and drag me to the wall," Elsa remembers. Quickly, she found herself trapped with her attacker pressing his hand on her chest. Terrified, Elsa met the gaze of a 60-year-old who was a few meters from her. "I cried for help," she remembers. "But instead of intervening, he turned his back on me and looked away as if nothing was happening." {...}