Faced with the president of the court and his assessors, Tuesday, the mother of four children keeps a low profile. “She carries the weight of guilt”, defends her lawyer, Me Lallement-Hurlin. The fifty-year-old does not lead off. She confirms to President Gantois that for four months she looted several elderly people from Thionville for whom she was taking care. Nearly 15,000 €, but also clothes and other personal effects, which she extracted from the elderly, vulnerable. As attested by the medical expertise of one of the victims.
A salaried time, the defendant ends up asking the families to be paid directly, without intermediary. Option that families accept. She will be paid in cash, money that the 50-year-old will withdraw from the distributor. Only. Gold mine that the interested party does not hesitate to consult, to siphon, as soon as the urge itches. Until the day when a grain of sand stops the machine.
A relative of one of the victims discovers “abnormal operations”, and then quickly suspects the caregiver. An investigation opens. Here it is unmasked.
The facts go back two years for the oldest. Since then, “a global agreement has been found”, argues the defense counsel. A reimbursement, which advances like a mea culpa.
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“Madame has wronged the profession, and herself”
“Madame has done harm to the profession, and to herself,” thunders the public prosecutor, through the voice of Marie-Pierre Chateauvieux, who quantifies the quantum of the sentence at six months fully accompanied by the simple suspension.
To Me Lallement-Hurlin to tip the scales in favor of his client, whose “life, in 2017, changed, who let themselves be tempted, compensated the victims”, and could be served with a dispensation of sentence.
It will ultimately be “a solemn warning, four months in prison with full reprieve”, announces President Gantois.
On the understanding that, in the next five years, the accused should not appear under the magnifying glass of justice.
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