The 39-year-old man with a criminal record as long as his arm usually operates in Niortais. But it was in the town of Moncoutant that he showed up, Sunday November 10, 2024, by trying to steal their bank cards from elderly people. “He pretended to want to help them withdraw money. He missed a first attempt but ultimately managed to steal two bank cards”specifies Captain Sébastien Maglane, deputy commander of the Parthenay company.
After the victims were reported, the individual was quickly spotted on the public highway by a patrol of two police officers. But the control goes very badly. “He first tried to flee, then he punched the soldiers in the face. He tried to grab the private parts of a gendarme and went so far as to bite him until he bled despite the uniform.”indicates the captain.
Tried two days later in immediate appearance
It was finally after the call for reinforcements that the man was arrested and placed in police custody. Tried two days later, Tuesday November 12, in immediate appearance before the Niort criminal court, he had to answer for acts of theft and attempted theft but also for violence, contempt and rebellion against the police, all as repeat offenders.
Offenses serious enough for the court which sentenced him heavily: three years' imprisonment and a ban on appearing in Deux-Sèvres for three years when he is released from detention.
