“Homeless man sentenced to eight months in prison for theft of wood pellets in Thionville”

That’s called pulling on the rope until it snaps. With legal consequences as a bonus. That is eight months in prison with a warrant of committal, pronounced this Wednesday, May 10 by the criminal court of Thionville.

At the helm, the defendant, a homeless person, admits having abused the benevolence of a business manager from Thionville. The latter had given him permission to take refuge in his warehouse for a few months, last autumn, and possibly dig into the stock of small things stored here and there to meet his needs. But obviously not to get his hands on his stock of wood pellets.

The 4 tons of pellets for 500 €

Because the homeless tried to resell the four tons of pellets stored at his landlord to “friends of friends”, for the sum of 500 €. Flight, clearly. The mis en cause, a native of Nancy, recognizes this during the hearing: “Yes, it’s true, I knew very well that I had no right to sell these wood pellets. I just wanted to make money to buy me food and buy me a quilt. “ This native of Nancy, multi-convicted in Lorraine and Alsace, could not put his plan into execution. The transaction did not finally take place last October: alerted, the owner of the premises called the police who arrested all these little people.

Already imprisoned in another case, the defendant will therefore remain in prison with this eight-month sentence. Another homeless man was also being prosecuted for the meeting theft leader. He was acquitted, the court finding that he had not been actively involved.