Geneva
The 2017 jewelry store robbery trial continued on Wednesday. One of the accused, a security worker, used his weapon.
The robbery and the shooting had taken place on a Saturday around 10:30 am.
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“I shot, but I did not want to touch them, I acted in the rules of self defense,” said the security guard on Wednesday. tried since the day before alongside the two robbers of a luxury brand on the quai des Bergues, in May 2017. All three must answer in particular for attempted murder and endangering the life of others. A shooting in the middle of the street between the fifties and one of the thugs had followed the heist, without causing any injuries. Seventeen shots were fired.
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“My life was in danger”
“He turned around and shot me,” said the security worker. This former reservist of the French gendarmerie, who never failed a shooting test within his company, claimed to have aimed down, a neutral zone or the two-wheelers of thugs fell to the ground: “C ‘ was the scooter or them, I made a choice. ” If he fired thirteen times, it was so that “it stops, he kept shooting. My life was in danger. ” Looking back, today, however, he admitted, “I might have done less shooting.”
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“Everything is gone in peanuts”
The other robber, who was unarmed, said he acted “for the money”. When his co-accused “told me about making a jewelry store in Geneva, I agreed immediately,” he said. He didn’t force me, I assume my role in this matter. ” A role which was simple, according to him: “I had to ring the door of the jewelry store, enter and go to the chest. I couldn’t have done anything else, “said the 30-year-old, who refuted any affiliation with the great banditry of Lyon.
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Despite the powerful caliber carried by his accomplice (see box), “our plan had to go well, it was not planned to use it,” he insisted. It’s “when the scooter didn’t start and the agent pulled, it all went nuts.” He crouched behind the vehicle during the shooting, before being restrained by the security worker and one of his colleagues. “I am not proud. Fortunately, no one was injured. ”
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Psychic sequelae, three years later
The two jewelers, on the other hand, shared the aftermath of the event three years later. “My life has changed completely,” said one of them, very moved. I have nightmares and there are situations in the shop that remind the robbery. I’m losing my means, it’s not easy to turn the page. ”
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The indictment of the public prosecutor and the pleadings are scheduled for Thursday.
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One of the highlights of the hearing was the presentation to the court and to the parties of the gun used by the robber, a Magnum 44 (and not 47 as written in the indictment). This was obviously unloaded and handled by a police officer. The goal of the approach was to confront the statements of the thirty-something the day before. The revolver had to be loaded to “be credible”, according to him: “The bullets were to avoid seeing holes in the barrel.” The Correctional Court will thus have had an idea.
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