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🇫🇷🔴Known as the "Monster of Cherbourg," one of the most horrifying accused criminals in France, Oumar Ndiaye, is now facing trial for his brutal broomstick rape of 29-year-old Mégane.
On Aug. 4, 2023, the then 18-year-old Ndiaye broke into the home of Mégane in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. He had no connection to the victim before the rape and attempted murder.
Standing at 1.90 meters (6'2"), Ndiaye used his size to overpower the victim, brutally beating her across her body and face.
He then repeatedly raped her, both through sexual intercourse, and then with a 29-inch-long broom handle.
Mégane arrived at the hospital with life-threatening internal injuries, including perforations of her colon, small intestine, peritoneum, and diaphragm. She also suffered a collapsed lung and fractured ribs.
Emergency responders who attended the scene were offered psychological care and support, with many emergency responders also breaking down in tears at the condition of the victim, France Bleu reported at the time.
“Investigators are shocked, they have never seen so much barbarity,” one source familiar with the case told France Bleu.
After spending a month in a coma on the brink of death, she finally regained consciousness on Sept. 6, 2023.
Shortly after emerging from her coma, her father said: “(The government) not communicating about this attack gives credit to all these sexual predators and other parasites of society who plague the streets. A wake-up call to the government about the fact that we leave this kind of individual, with a heavy criminal past, in complete freedom, would be welcome. ‘Trust in justice,’ we were told… We only want that."
Though she survived, her life has been shattered. She has undergone numerous surgeries and has been forced to move back in with her mother.
Today, she suffers from recurrent nightmares and severe depression, requiring ongoing medication. She no longer leaves her house alone and has had to give up both her career and her passion for sports.
Ndiaye had long been a known menace in his neighborhood of Octeville, where residents reported he frequently smoked cannabis and terrorized the community. At only 18, he already featured 17 offenses involving physical assault, theft, and the incestuous sexual assault of his younger sister.
Disturbingly, he had been investigated in several previous rape cases, all of which were closed without further action.
According to Le Figaro, the suspect expressed “neither empathy nor remorse” for the crime while he was in police custody.
Ndiaye has been on trial since Wednesday in the Manche Assize Court. He faces charges of rape, torture, and acts of barbarity. If convicted, he faces a sentence of life in prison.
