It was in a makeshift van parked on a small square in the Sanitas district of Tours that the police unmasked “a real jewelry mini-market”. Around thirty cameos, medallions, rings and brooches were discovered at the same time as a 22-year-old man, who occupied the premises, was arrested on Monday October 7, 2024.
At the time of publishing these lines, the young Kosovar national is the only face put by investigators in a series of break-ins, the last of which ended in a bath of violence, Febvotte district in Tours.
“One” or “some” shots
On the night of September 26, Kevin B., hammer and screwdriver in hand, injured the father who owned a house that he had targeted, located a few steps from Jules-Ferry college. “The thief was looking for gold, which he said he planned to then resell in Belgium,” specifies a police source.
“And” or ” of the “ shots are mentioned depending on the version in this unequal nocturnal tête-à-tête, played between the descent of the stairs and the living room. According to our information, the 55-year-old Tourangeau was injured in the left forearm and head while trying to ward off the attack and put the attacker to flight. Twenty-one days of total incapacity for work were prescribed to him.
Caught up by DNA
The university professor, his wife and his 11-year-old daughter, present at his side at the time of the events, report having been awakened from their sleep by “a crash of broken glass”around 1:30 a.m. The description refers to the bay window in the living room being blown up by the burglar.
Cornered, Kevin B. fled without loot, leaving behind the weapon with which he had struck. The DNA collected on the handle by forensic technicians made it possible to confuse him and find his trace, in a vehicle shared for three months with his parents “waiting for an apartment”, he was able to explain.
Criminally responsible?
Already convicted seven times, mainly for theft or violence, Kevin B., placed under guardianship, could escape a new trial. Because the psychiatric state of the young man raises questions as much as his criminal responsibility could be discussed.
Presented to be judged on Wednesday October 9, he quickly seemed not to understand the issues at stake in the Badinter room (1). As required by law for people benefiting from a measure of judicial protection, an expertise was ordered. She will have to determine, by December 11, 2024, the date on which the hearing was postponed, whether he is fit to stand trial or not.
(1) He was remanded in custody pending trial.
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