Par
Francois Desserre
Published on
Jan 23, 2025 at 7:16 a.m.
They wandered for hours, almost without empathy, facing the Versailles court and the Guillon family. The only objective of the majority of defendants at the exceptional hearing on Wednesday January 22, 2025: to be released. The 5 of them formed an evil club. A club which organized and participated in the kidnapping of the host of the Fun Radio morning show, Bruno Guillonand his family in Tessancourt-sur-Aubette, in Yvelines.
Faced with this desire to slip through the cracks of the judicial net, the gang found determined civil parties on its way. Determined to make their anger heard, in words marked with seriousness. A few minutes that swept away the tortuous explanations of those involved during this long day.
A gun in the back
On September 27, 2023, Bruno Guillon, his wife and their son were surprised around 3 h in the morning, while they sleep. Three men, their faces covered by surgical masks, burst into the privacy of their home, into the tranquility of this small, quiet village of a thousand souls.
Bruno Guillon is directly threatened with a handgun in front of his son. His partner is pushed to the cellar so that she can open the trunk. The barrel of a gun in the back. Jewelry, watches, luxury products…
“I’m afraid they’ll kill us”
The loot exceeds 90,000 euros. But above all, the night closes in on a traumatized family, tied up and who will only manage to free themselves a little before 4 a.m. Bruno Guillon confided to investigators: “I am ashamed, I feel guilty for not having been able to protect my wife and my son. I always see the first seconds again… I see my wife and my son and I can't do anything. I'm afraid they'll kill us. »
Under the action of police officers from the BRB (banditry suppression brigade), two minors then five adults will be arrested. Officials made extensive use of telephone calls to find them, as well as video surveillance and photographs taken by a neighbor of the Guillons. A few days before the incident, he had become concerned about the presence of an unknown Volkswagen Golf. She was in spotting places. He had taken a photograph.
“It was hell,” assures Bruno Guillon
The trembling voice. Sobs in every word. But determination. The one who presented himself as a “professional entertainer” insisted on confronting his attackers. Without a smile, but with tremors in his voice. Like his wife. Both, united, carried the charge in these terms.
→ Bruno Guillon:
“To get home they broke a window. Not only that. They shattered the life of a 14-year-old kid, my son, who had dreams of studying that he won't achieve. Since now, because of It's complicated for them at school.
They also shattered the life of a mother, my wife, who found herself with a gun to the back of her head for 30 minutes, without knowing what happened to her son, her husband. It was hell.
They stole my life as a dad. When our child is born, we tell ourselves that we are there to help and defend him throughout his life. And I found myself naked, sitting on my bed begging them not to hurt them…
You broke up a family. I don't know if you will be condemned, but we are condemned to be unhappy for the rest of our lives. With people who also, on the networks, add more by telling us that it is well done. “
→ His wife: “Since this morning, I have only heard innocent people speaking to save their little skin. We will have the penalty for life. You broke my son, my husband. And what saddens me the most is that you don't even realize your stupidity! »
Professionals
Who did what among these men aged 19 to 32? There is the one who provided the material, like a wave jammer or even a router to directly connect phones to try to counter geolocation. The one who did the scouting, the one who led, the one who recruited the “little ones” to kidnap the Guillons. Because in this case, two minors barely aged 16 have already been sentenced to sentences of 5 and 3 years, part of which includes incarceration.
There is also the one who provided the fallback apartment in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne – dep. 94)… Everyone knows each other and is in more or less direct contact, notably through a Snapchat group called sandwich. Among the lot, we find a certain Kamel whose name often comes up during celebrity burglaries. Shown as the brains of the group, he is still under two judicial investigations for similar facts. The team is very professional.
“I’m a thief, that’s all”
First interviewed, Ibrahim acknowledges his participation in the events. He went three times to scout out Tessancourt-sur-Aubette. He led the kids recruited to attack the Guillons. “I was asked if I could do a burglary. I said no because my car had been spotted. And I didn't want to do the sequestration. I am disgusted for the victims. I didn't want let it happen like that. »
In short, aggressive and haughty responses, William tries his luck. He is still unaware that the couple will designate him as the third attacker. Snapchat was not his best friend either since a photo of him proudly posing on the road to Yvelines was found. And yet he denies it.
“That’s a serious mistake, Madam. I wasn't there. I have never set foot in Tessancourt in my entire life. I have brought harm to others because I am a thief. And that's it. »
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“It could be a conspiracy”
Sélim is also innocent. “This evening in question, I did not intend to commit any acts. I went to eat with someone for my sister's engagement preparations. There was prejudice because of my record. Was I targeted as a sponsor? It can be a conspiracyan arrangement against me. » He claims to know nothing about Bruno Guillon: “I don’t watch TV. »
The fourth thief maintains that he sensed the wrong move. “I'm not an altar boy… I preferred to be dropped off at Hardricourt. I waited on the sidewalk, unfortunately ma'am. I was picked up on the way back. »
“I don’t remember what I ate 3 days ago, so…”
The last, Kamel, prefers to denounce what he considers to be procedural defects, “ shoddy work » of the police and justice. As a good court expert, he wants to see all the surveillance videos possible and imaginable to clear his name.
“But what did I do that night? I don't know anymore… What I ate three days ago, I don't remember then… All I can say is that I wasn't there. »
Very heavy sentences are demanded
In her requisitions, the public prosecutor salutes “the courage, the dignityand modesty” of the Guillon couple. “I am convinced that your family will remain in its light. »
The family precisely. The prosecution described these facts as being “an attack of unprecedented violence to the homes of the civil parties and to the Family, as the basis and foundation of the French company . »
In view of the loaded lockers, the explanations and after 10 hours of trial, she is asking for sentences of 5 to 10 years in prison.
Opposite, the defense lawyers plead in turn, “an insane and disproportionate sentence” for one. “The useful idiot who goes to the front and only scouts around,” for another.
At 12:30 a.m., everything changes
At 12:30 a.m., the judges render their decision with sentences of 3, 5, 6 and 7 years. Against Kamel, the magistrates decided to increase the required 10 years to 12 years. He directly announces that he is appealing.
And at the same time, two of the defendants look at each other. A first punch lands. Another one in return. Both men fall over the box. Of the feathers fly because a down jacket was torn off. The escorts get involved. Everyone ends up on the ground. And not without difficulty, the two belligerents, notably the 19-year-old, are separated. It was a smoldering fire. Because in the afternoon, they had exchanged insults during the suspensions.
Mystery hovers around such sudden violence. Was there one word too many during the day? Or is it aboutsettle scorescompared to another case of the same type? Both ideas are valid.
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