GUILTY France - 4 Paris cops accused in gang-rape of Canadian tourist, 23 April 2014

More than 100 officers and staff at Paris police headquarters have been asked to provide their own DNA samples as part of a large-scale operation to assist in a rape investigation involving a Canadian alleged victim...

The operation was a first for the historic police station at 36 Quai des Orfèvres in central Paris...

Ms. Obadia said four genetic profiles had been found in the woman’s clothes and bag – two belonging to officers currently under investigation, another to an officer considered a person of interest. The fourth DNA, however, has not been identified... She said the DNA collection was done at the initiative of the investigating judges, who are expected to close their probe soon.

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The woman has accused off-duty officers from an elite police unit of raping her in the premises of 36, Quai des Orfèvres, long the Parisian equivalent of London’s Scotland Yard, in April 2014 after giving her a late-night guided tour of the premises...

The officers had met the 34-year old Canadian, whose father was a policeman, in an Irish pub opposite the building...

Analysis of their mobile phones revealed that they had erased “explicit” videos and text messages from their mobile phones, a source close to the inquiry told AFP.

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