A few days after Christmas, on the night of December 28 to 29, a house exploded in Tergnier, in Aisne. A man was found seriously injured on site, but his life prognosis is no longer in jeopardy. The Laon prosecutor announced Friday that one of the accomplices of this injured man, as well as the couple of owners of the accommodation, were indicted and imprisoned. The occupants of the accommodation acknowledged “being at the initiative of the project of deterioration by fire of their home”.
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The seriously injured individual and his accomplice said they entered the house to set it on fire. The injured man has not been charged at this stage due to his state of health.
Accused of insurance fraud
The two men indicated that they had acted at the request of the couple who owned the premises and explained that when they lit the lighter to start the fire, an explosion occurred. The first, who managed to escape before being arrested, was indicted in particular for “destruction by dangerous means resulting in total incapacity for work for more than eight days”. He was given three days of total incapacity for work, his alleged accomplice who had to be hospitalized, much more seriously affected, for a month.
The couple occupying and owning the house were indicted for complicity in destruction by dangerous means and for attempted fraud against the home insurer.
