Last Tuesday, in the court of Nîmes, the arguments put forward by a burglar apparently made the prosecutor think that it was a fable. At times, it almost seemed like a joke.
On Thursday February 18, Mohamed, a forty-something Nîmes who lives from the RSA, was found in an apartment in which a fire had started a few hours earlier. On the move when the fire broke out, the occupant of the accommodation, back at her home, came face to face with the thief who was trying to get out. Courageously, the young woman asks the burglar to empty his pockets. They contain a watch, a wedding ring, earrings and fake banknotes from a board game.
« I was not going to break into. But I smelled the smell of fire and I came home out of curiosity », Explains the defendant to President Jean-Michel Perez. Mohamed is so curious that he lingered slightly on the spot: “ I didn’t search, I didn’t touch anything. I just saw two-three objects that I took without looking He defends himself.
The victim, present at the hearing, is not of the same opinion: “ He searched my drawers, my underwear. He unplugged my console “. Mohamed intervenes: ” Yes, but I gave him permission to search me. She pity me “, Thinks it good to add the one who has 12 mentions on his criminal record including a last 10 months closed for a burglary in March 2018, which earned him a repeat offense.
The prosecutor, Willy Lubin, has heard enough and demands: ” Master burglar by the enticing smell of fire took the stairs to go to the first floor, but as luck would have it he did not search and he did not want to steal », He quips. And to continue: ” He is in recidivism and cannot be less condemned than the last time. This is why I require 12 months in prison with continued detention ».
In defense of Mohamed, Master Lauriane Dillenseger speaks of a ” quite funny scene », Recalling that his client had« took Monopoly tickets That he could have fled and that he allowed himself to be searched. ” He is not a big thief after all », She concludes. Big no, persevering yes. Master burglar was sentenced to 10 months suspended prison sentence with an obligation to care, work and not to approach the victim. He will have to pay € 600 in moral damage.
Tony Duret
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