Young man who grabbed girl on the street detained
Young man who grabbed girl on the street detained
2024-10-29
The Taoyuan District Court has agreed to the detention of an 18-year-old man who grabbed a young girl in Guishan District on Sunday. The young man, who has a diagnosed mental disability, is suspected of engaging in attempted sexual assault. The defendant says he had only wanted to make friends with the girl.
On Sunday, a young man grabbed a girl walking alone in broad daylight in Taoyuan’s Guishan District. When he got arrested, he said he had just wanted to make friends with the girl. The girl’s mother says she was dismayed after finding that the man had a diagnosed mental disability.
Voice of Mother of girl
(Anonymized sound)
When I heard that he had a disability certificate, my heart broke, because I know that the law grants protection to people with mental diseases like him.
Prosecutors requested that the man be held incommunicado, saying he attempted to sexually assault a girl under the age of 14 and engaged in aggravated forced obscenity. The Taoyuan District Court agreed to the detention due to the severity of the case but decided not to hold him incommunicado. It said that, although there was no evidence that his release could lead to witness tampering, there was a concern that he could commit repeat offenses.
Local resident
It’s best to keep him detained. I think that people like him shouldn’t be let out. Everyone finds them scary.
Local resident
After two months, he’ll come out and it’ll be the same all over again. When he was young, he wasn’t aggressive like this. He just played with his friends. But now that he’s an adult, he might have different needs. It’s not like it’s just a one off, it’s happened many times already.
Local residents say they are deeply disturbed, as it is not the first instance that the man had lost control. Some say they worry that he’ll act up again after being released from detention in two months, arguing that he should be sent to a dedicated institution.
Huang Chiung-hui
Taoyuan City councilor (DPP)
We asked the Department of Public Health, and they said they couldn’t find the man in the community safety net that keeps track of patients’ mental health. The system should be reevaluated, as this incident has shown there is a big social problem.
The parents of the girl say they hope that the incident won’t repeat itself in the future, adding that they hope they’ll have a safe neighborhood once again.
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桃園身心障礙男子熊抱女童 法官裁定"羈押不禁見"
2024-10-29
桃園龜山區27號傳出一名領有身心障礙手冊的成年男子，當街熊抱小女童！男子落網時，還聲稱「只是想和女童交朋友」，檢方昨天(28)晚間聲押，今天(29)桃園地院裁定羈押，但未禁見。不過因為男子不是第一次犯案，附近民眾擔心他被關出來以後會再犯，希望能把他送到專門機構。
光天化日之下，桃園龜山發生男子強拉小女童的案件，男子被逮時，還聲稱「只是想和女童交朋友」，女童媽媽知道嫌犯領有身心障礙手冊，很無奈。
[[聲源:受害女童媽媽(變音處理)]]
“當下聽到對方是有手冊，我是覺得心都碎了這樣，我知道法律，說明一點就是說，有保護這些心理有疾病的人”
桃園地檢署將男子拘提到案，依涉犯對未滿14歲女子強制性交未遂，和加重強制猥褻等罪聲押禁見，桃園地院認為男子罪嫌重大，雖然不能認定有串證之虞，但有事實足認有反覆實施之虞，因此裁定羈押，但不禁止接見通信。
[[附近居民]]
“收押當然是最好啦，但是我是覺得是說像那一種，能盡量不要出來，就是因為畢竟像大家都會害怕”
[[附近居民]]
“兩個月出來是一樣照舊啊，因為他小時候是不會有這種攻擊性，只是跟朋友玩一玩，可是他現在已經成年了，會有那種需求，他不是攻擊一次兩次，是已經很多次了”
附近民眾都不堪其擾，因為男子已經不是第一次做出失控行為，有居民擔心他被羈押2個月出來還是會再犯，希望能把他送到專門機構。
[[桃園市議員(民) 黃瓊慧]]
“我們詢問衛生局，衛生局卻沒有將此名男子列管追蹤心理衛生的社區安全網，應該要重新檢討，此次突顯了很大的社會問題”
對於受害女童、家長而言，只希望能夠遏止這樣的行為，擁有一個安全的環境，不要再給其他人留下任何陰影。
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