An 84-year-old woman living in Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) was the victim of a theft on January 18. As reported 20 Minutes, the octogenarian had called a plumber to repair a water leak. On the spot, he would have asked him to go to the cellar in order to carry out checks. But when she got back up, the technician was gone.
The retiree quickly realized that she had been the victim of a theft. A gold bar estimated at nearly € 50,000, two Mexican gold coins worth around € 2,000 each, and several thousand euros in cash had vanished. Alerted, the police quickly tracked down the suspect, who would frequently target vulnerable people.
Returned objects
The police did not even need to go to the home of the suspect to arrest him, relates 20 Minutes. A few hours later, he would have called the octogenarian to encourage him to withdraw his complaint, ensuring that the stolen objects would be returned to him. The next day, her cousin showed up at her home with the booty, while the alleged thief waited in a car parked near the scene.
The police, who were present at the scene, arrested them both and took them into custody. The technician, who allegedly admitted the facts, will be tried for ” theft facilitated by the condition of a vulnerable person »And his cousin for concealment. The trial is scheduled to take place on February 10.
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