Blue ink: the Bourg-de-Four watch thief

“I want you to write a feel good story! Something positive for once! ”Asks Marc immediately. Including act. Julie will positivate like an aperitif unicorn. Located in Geneva since 2008, Marc is a banker. As the Patek Philippe hung on to his wrist possibly suggests. It costs in the 50,000 francs, and gives the time too. A Saturday evening at the end of April, he chats gently with friends on the terrace of the Bourg-de-Four café. Suddenly, he sees from the corner of the eye a guy who runs towards his table. “I first thought that he was jogging, except that he was bizarrely not dressed for that.”

In the blink of an eye, the individual rushes on Marc. And tears off his watch. Too easy. Luxury watch bracelets are no longer what they were. “It was plastic, it’s true,” he laughs. “It was very brutal. I barely had time to achieve what was going on. ” The marauder runs away, always with a trotting, illego hunted by Marc and his friends. Small sporty tour around the pâté de houses. “One of my friends, who made football, caught it on rue Chausse-Coq.” The thief first denies his mischief. But we quickly find the tocante ruinous hidden in her coat.

Before the prosecutor

“The police arrived in record time. They took care of everything, with immense professionalism. Excellent job. I have to thank them. They were great. ” Better still, the case passes presto before the public prosecutor, less than fifteen days after the facts. “As fast is incredible,” said the banker. “It does not exist anywhere else in the world. The Genevans must know how lucky they have. ” Well that’s it. It’s done. And by press.

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