An investigation opens, another ends. While the investigations have barely started on the burglaries to which Angel Di Maria and Marquinhos’ father were victims this Sunday evening, the alleged perpetrators of similar acts committed against Eric Choupo-Moting and Thiago Silva at the end of 2018 come to be referred to the criminal court. The Parisian investigating judge seized of this case issued his order on March 10. Seven men, prosecuted for breaking and entering, and a woman, prosecuted for concealment, will be tried in this case. In addition to the fric-frac of the two stars of PSG, this team of experienced delinquents is suspected of also having committed thefts at the homes of rapper Booba and Patrick Sébastien.
On November 29, 2018, back at his home in the 17th arrondissement after the Champions League match between PSG and Liverpool, Eric Choupo-Moting noticed that his apartment had been broken into. Several handbags, luxury watches, designer pens and jewelry were stolen. The Cameroonian striker assesses his damage at 600,000 euros. The findings indicate that the criminals accessed an exterior ledge of the building from the common areas before descending to the 4th floor, where the player resides, through the gutter. The window of her apartment was forced open. Four men driving an SUV are spotted by CCTV footage.
A precise knowledge of the places
Less than a month later, on the night of December 22 to 23, 2018, it is Thiago Silva’s private mansion in the very chic Villa Montmorency (Paris XVI) which is “visited” this time. The alarm system had not been activated. The various cameras made it possible to retrace the path of the two burglars. After having climbed a gate to enter the enclosure of this private road and popular with the stars, they reached the roof terrace of the Brazilian defender’s home by climbing the gutter for more than 3 meters. In about ten minutes, they get their hands on a safe, jewelry and watches for an estimated amount of 1.2 million euros. According to the person in charge of the security of the place, the thieves had a precise inventory of fixtures allowing to reach their objective. On the images, we see that they do not hesitate at any time.
It is the exploitation of the demarcation of the telephones spotted on the scene of the two misdeeds which will allow the investigators of the brigade of repression of banditry (BRB) of the Parisian PJ to go back to their presumed authors. Several suspects are identified, men aged 26 to 31 from the Goutte-d’or district (Paris XVIIIe). In February 2019, the investigation was entrusted to an investigating judge and technical surveillance was put in place.
The addresses of Thierry Ardisson or Nasser Al-Khelaïfi also found
Telephone investigations make it possible to make links with other facts, and not the least. Starting with the theft committed in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) at the home of rapper Booba on December 9, 2018. The criminals were able to return to “the Duke of Boulogne” by breaking the French window of his apartment on the 1st floor. floor. Here again, the loot is substantial: several valuable watches, designer glasses, travel bags and clothing.
In the same way, the investigators blame this team for the burglary of which Patrick Sébastien and his wife were victims on the night of August 2 to 3, 2019 in Boulogne-Billancourt. The entire house had been searched and clothing, jewelry and leather goods stolen.
The first arrests were triggered on August 22, 2019. The search of the home of a relative of the accused in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) made it possible to discover objects stolen from the various victims. We also find in her the addresses of other “people”: Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Ruquier, Pierre Ménès, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, several CEOs, local elected officials … But, “it was not possible to identify his sector. flow, nor the source of the information that allowed him to target said personalities, ”notes the judge.
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All the members of this team, “largely anchored in the district of Goutte-d’or and cemented by ties of friendship or even a common criminal record”, have a heavy record for acts of delinquency. But in the eyes of the magistrate, two men play a central role. The first, Mohamed S., nicknamed “The cat” or “Jet Li”, confessed his participation in the theft committed at Thiago Silva but disputes the other facts for which he is dismissed. When contacted, his lawyer, Me David-Olivier Kaminski, did not wish to speak. The second, Abdelazim G., also made a partial confession. “My client contests a central role in this file and the hearing will make it possible to see more clearly the implication or not of each in the various facts”, develops his lawyer Me Karim Moran Lahouazi.
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