By Thomas Berthelot
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A completely turned over house. This is the show that awaited a father and his children last Thursday evening. Luckily for them, the suspected thief was arrested shortly after the fact and tried by the judicial court of Créteil.
The good intuition of the BRB
It is in the municipality of Limeil-Brévannes (Val-de-Marne) that the scene unfolds. At the beginning of the afternoon, a team of the Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB) spots a man well known to their services and decides to follow him.
After analyzing his vehicle’s license plate, they quickly understand that the suspect is a burglar. Indeed, his car belongs to a garage, as is often the case for a theft.
After a few rounds in a residential area, the defendant tries for the first time, with an accomplice, to enter someone’s house but without success. A few minutes later, another attempt. The BRB agents then see them making several round trips with bags and decide to arrest them.
Inside they find gold jewelry, a safe containing € 570, a camera and clothes.
Several burglaries to his credit
Behind the window of the box, the alleged burglar recognizes the facts and regrets his action. Motivated by a strong need for money, this father in the process of divorce explains that he was “no longer in morale”.
Faced with this speech, we discover a heavy criminal record. Already convicted 4 times for theft, concealment of stolen goods and various burglaries, the suspect is not at his first attempt.
This is what the public prosecutor underlines during her requisitions. “You need a suitable sentence so that he understands that making theft his way of life is not possible. If he could, he would have burgled the whole neighborhood! », She proclaims, before asking 10 months in prison.
Declared guilty by the court, the man receives the penalty requested by the public prosecutor. He will have to compensate the victims up to € 1,800 for the moral damage suffered. A slightly lower sum than the 2,400 € requested by the lawyer for the civil party.
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