Through Le Mans editorial staff
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While they thought they were coming to buy smartphones at bargain prices, individuals fell into a trap in Mans (Sarthe).
In the spring and October 2019, owners of mobile phone stores from Toulouse or the North came to Le Mans.
Hit with butt
A Manceau, who promised high-end smartphones at unbeatable prices, had made them offers via Snapchat or WhatsApp. When they got there, the customers had no idea that they had just fallen into an ambush.
They were then accosted by several individuals, and led into a hall of a building. The trap was in place.
While one kept the doors closed, the others held up buyers with handguns, and stripped them of their belongings.
Some have been beaten up, beaten with the butt, brought to their knees, hands on their heads, larger-than-life alarm pistols pointed at their temples.
“I thought my last hour had come”
“I prayed, I cried, I thought my last hour had come,” testified a victim. By making their pockets, the criminals were able to get their hands on wads of cash, car keys and identity papers. The BMW of one of the customers was thus stolen, and found months later in Belgium.
The victim’s papers discovered
A 22-year-old suspect was tried in immediate appearance, Friday, June 25, by the Le Mans criminal court. During the search of his apartment, investigators discovered papers belonging to a victim as well as an alarm pistol. The plaintiffs, interviewed, did not formally recognize their attacker.
Tear ? “It was to shoot a rap clip”
For his part, the defendant vigorously denies his participation in these acts of great violence. “A guy gave me papers, and offered to keep them at home for 200 €. I did not know who it was, but for 200 € I accepted, ”the individual says. Tear ? “I bought it to shoot a rap clip. She never left my house ”. However, the victims recognized her …
Two years in prison
The defense lawyer, Me Annabelle Lefèvre, portrays a young man who is not a gangster. “He is a young person who works on a temporary basis, who has passed his baccalaureate” she says.
At the end of the hearing, the court acquits the accused for the acts of extortion of October 12, 2019.
He was found guilty of the acts committed in May 2019. He was sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was suspended. His lawyer has indicated her intention to appeal.
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