Knives, cutters, self-tightening bracelets, syringe… and police armband. Here, in essence, is what was found in the pockets of the defendant tried before the Lorient court, this Friday, December 20, 2024. Two days earlier, Wednesday, a woman experienced a big scare in the streets of Lorient. It was around 10 p.m. when a man snatched his bag after attacking him, knife in hand: “Give me your bag or I’ll plant you!” “. For half an hour, police officers from the BAC (Anti-Crime Brigade) have been following him. They observed him trying to force business doors and kicking in a building door. They question him while the defendant runs in their direction, holding the handbag. The man puts up resistance.
Pulled down
This heavy user of Subutex, often used to wean oneself off heroin, is haggard in the stand this Friday. “I don’t know what came over me, I’m not a violent person,” he said. His criminal record includes three mentions, dating from 2003, for theft and fraud. This 53-year-old father of three has recently separated. He is now homeless. “The fall was rapid,” observes the president, Séverine Debordes. You need support to get out of the spiral into which you have fallen.” His lawyer, Chloé Bordas, evokes an “economic motive”: “Today is his 9-year-old daughter’s birthday and he is too modest to say that he needs money to buy her a gift “.
“A robbery”
For her part, the prosecutor, Elsa Casassa, describes the facts as “a crime, quite simply. It’s called a robbery.” It requires 18 months of imprisonment, including ten months of probation, as well as an obligation to work and care and a ban on possessing a weapon for five years. The court sentences him to 18 months in prison, including ten months of probation. He has an obligation of care and a ban on possessing a weapon for five years.
