The man who attacked and robbed an octogenarian in the middle of the street in Cherbourg was coming out of sobering up

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L’46 year old man who appeared Monday December 2, 2024 for a snatching committed on November 28, 2024 in the city center of Cherbourg (Manche) was sentenced to two years in prisonwith a direct departure in detentiona warrant of committal having been issued by President David Arteil.

The man is also banned from carrying a weapon for two years and ineligible for five years.

Barely out of sobering up

Thursday, November 28, around 9:15 a.m., an 89-year-old woman was attacked on rue Vastel, not far from her residence building. She was walking towards the quai Alexandre-III where she had to take her bus to go to her ophthalmologist.

She was approached by the defendant who was begging. She continued on her way and, a few meters further, the man came back and attacked her. violently snatched her purse.

The octogenarian fell to the ground. The man took the leakgetting rid of the victim's bag not without having first stolen a bank card (Editor's note: the card code was attached to it). He then went to Credit Mutuelboulevard Schuman, to make two withdrawals of 300 euros.

The victim suffered a fractured femoral neck

The victim, shocked, was unable to get up. She was taken care of by emergency services and admitted to the emergency room of the Cotentin public hospital center. She suffers from a fracture of femoral neck and had to be operated on.

Based on the report made from video surveillance images and the testimony of a passerby, the man will be arrested two hours later by a crew of municipal policies who formally identified him. On him, the police found 461 euros in cash, a new cell phone purchased in the morning as well as tobacco.

Easy target

The man was taken to commissariat of Cherbourg and placed in custody. During his hearing, he will acknowledge the facts after initially contesting them.

Released from the sobering-up cell at 9 a.m., he hung around the city center for a while before begging in front of the library.

Seeing the lady, a little voice told me to try the theft. I haven't felt good in my head for a while. I recently attempted suicide. The idea was to have money to finance my consumption of alcohol and drugs.

” A assault as this can have repercussions in the daily life of the victim who was until now independent”, reminds the accused the president of the court before returning to his criminal record.

25 entries on his criminal record

A locker containing 25 convictions from 2003 to 2023, in particular for theft, violence against a spouse or even acts related to narcotics. The man, originally from Bayeux (Calvados), was released from detention on July 4, 2024. On the stand, he says he does not see himself other than in detention.

At the end of the hearing, the tribunal also received the civil party constitutions. The case was adjourned on April 28, 2025 on civil grounds.

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