“They were accomplices, they became polite” This is how the relationship between an eight-year-old boy and his 76-year-old grandfather changed after they were kidnapped by three men on April 5, 2023 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire). In this case, three suspects aged 20, 22 and 23 from the Paris region appeared on July 1 before the Angers judicial court for kidnapping and robbery with violence reports West France.
It was 5:30 p.m. when the attackers entered the apartment of the septuagenarian who was with his grandson. The latter visited him almost daily after school. Dressed in black, and one wearing a hood, the three men took the two occupants into the bathroom, threatening them with a baton before gagging them with adhesive tape.
The keys to the Porsche
The trio stole two phones, a tablet, jewelry and the keys to the grandfather’s vehicle, a Porsche Panamera. Before fleeing to the Île-de-France region, they freed their hostages. The thieves were finally geolocated using the phone. Two individuals were apprehended the same day and the last two months later after the exploitation of the phone data, details The Western Mail.
The child was unable to sleep alone for months afterward, his father testified at the trial. The grandfather lost 20 kg. Two of the attackers were sentenced to eight years in prison. The third was sentenced to six years in prison. The accused will also have to pay €64,000 to the grandfather for his moral and material damages. The grandson will get €5,000 and his parents €1,500 each.
