AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France: A former officer with the police's child protection unit in the southern French city of Marseille will face trial on Monday (Sept 1) for allegedly raping and sexually abusing Filipino street children.
The 46-year-old ex-policeman, who has been in custody for four years, was arrested after the head of a youth shelter reported that a 17-year-old resident, a rape victim, had been receiving inappropriate late-night messages from the lead officer on his case.
