Sunday 25 September is 2:45 pm when a police patrol in circulation near the construction site of the future Lidl store in Hayange comes face to face with a man who is trying to fit two-meter tracks into his Clio. In his vehicle, therefore, rails but also sheaths and 5-liter cans of solvent from the neighboring site. The defendant admits to stealing them. But the story does not end here. Police officers will have more surprises when they search the home of this 33-year-old Thionvillois. In the cellar they discover other elements taken from the construction site and destined, according to the father of the family, for the renovation of his home. And most surprisingly, they come across 500 grams of herbal cannabis as well as a ready-to-use automatic pistol, purchased by the owner of the premises in April 2022. Heading the Thionville Criminal Court, he explains that he was the object of a kidnapping, of having been kidnapped for six hours and of being afraid, specifying that a complaint had been filed. He complains that he was not on file.
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“Multicarta delinquente”
“A magazine was busy with the weapon that was found in your home. It was enough to pull the trigger to let the shot go ”, worries the president, Philippe Rousseau. “I don’t know anything about firearms. I didn’t even know he was loaded », the accused replies with a limp. He says he was forced by his attackers to stock and sell herbal cannabis. He says he sold 50 grams and refused to continue. “I’m not a drug dealer! “, Throw him. Driven by debts, the car salesman “was obviously looking for money by all means”, estimates prosecutor Brice Partouche, asking the “multi-prisoner” for eight months in prison, four of which accompanied by probation. The repeat offender who apologized at the hearing was sentenced to more than ten months, four of which suspended.
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