A top French prosecutor leading the inquiry into the alleged rape of a 26-year-old woman in a courthouse cell in northern Paris by two police officers confirmed on Sunday that one of the men filmed the incident with a phone.

The first alert to police came from a cyclist outside who dialled the emergency line after seeing helmeted men with a basket lift, police said.

Paris police said Wednesday that they found major security gaps at the Louvre Museum after the jewel theft last week. Paris Police Chief Patrice Faure told Senate lawmakers that old systems and delayed fixes resulted in holes in security, The Associated Press reported.