ThoseGeneva Criminal Court –Prison for two watched shot thieves
Authors of the missed flight from a Patek Philippe, two Neapolitans are expelled and must stay in prison.
Posted today at 6:33 p.m.
The criminal court justified its decision by the degree of organization of the authors as well as the violence exercised.
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Thirty-two months in prison for one, 26 for the other. A conviction for attempted band brigandage and expulsion from Swiss territory for a period of five years.
This Tuesday, the next day Debates held at the courthousethe two Neapolitans listened carefully to the reading of the verdict made by the president of Criminal court. Arrested in May 2024 in the streets of Geneva, they had just missed the snatch of a Patek Philippe in the Cornavin station district.
Harder detention than Italy
The day before, the two thirties had clearly made the three judges understand their intention: to leave Champ-Dollon as quickly as possible, where they have been since their arrest. According to them, the conditions of detention are much harder than in Italy. “We apologize to Switzerland and for the time we took you,” they even launched the judges. With this sentence, they will still have to wait.
-Between video surveillance images and confessions of the two men, the facts were clearly established. Consequently, the outcome of this first instance trial was based solely on the legal qualification that the judges were going to favor. Simple flight attempt, as argued by defense, or gang brigandage?
Level of preparation
Tuesday, the court opted for the most severe accusation. In this sense, he followed the indictment of the prosecutor Alexia Morel by pressing the level of preparation of the two attackers, the false registration plates on the scooters and the violence exercised during the attempted theft.
As for the fact that the Ferrari driver managed to free himself from his attacker and close the window of his car, he did not alleviate the accusation.
In addition, the two accused presented themselves at the helm with a heavy baggage to wear: judicial lockers responsible for flights to the similar operating mode in Italy and France. In short, according to the judges, “there is no doubt that they would have sought other victims if they had not been arrested”.
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