When an owner finds his front door ajar and damaged, it is never trivial. Friday June 14, 2024, a resident of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire paid the price.
Around 10 a.m., after observing the occupant leave her home, two individuals entered without the slightest hesitation. I saw the lady coming out and I didn’t think
, launches the defendant, from the immediate appearance box. When she returns, noises allow the owner to understand that the burglars are still on the premises.
The man had hidden the jewelry in his underwear
When the police arrived on site, the thieves fled on foot. One of them manages to escape. The other is arrested, the screwdriver in his pocket. The results of the loot are significant: brooches, rings, bracelets, earrings… The 33-year-old man had hidden the jewelry in his underwear.
If the accused, who says stateless person”,
recognizes the facts, his explanation is surprising: Basically, I had come to France to buy a car, but I saw the lady leaving the house and I didn’t think twice.
What makes the prosecutor, Bénédicte Michel, react: However, you had black gloves and a screwdriver.
A much more moderate sentence than the requisitions
Despite three convictions for aggravated theft, his lawyer, Pierre Huriet, calls on the court to dismiss the fantasy of the delinquent journey in France
, for his client with a particular administrative situation: he is Serbian, stateless and under house arrest in Germany.
The defense’s pleading seemed to convince the court, which handed down a much more moderate sentence than the requisitions, up to twelve months’ imprisonment. The thirty-year-old was finally sentenced to four months in prison, with continued detention, as well as a ban on French territory for five years.
