The defendant was suspected of having stolen a gold bar worth € 52,000 – Illustrative photo
On March 3, 2021, avenue du Mont-Riboudet in Rouen, a 38-year-old man, homeless, was arrested after being caught breaking the window of a vehicle. Various stolen items are in his possession. A vital card in the name of a victim of a burglary that took place in February 2021 is found on him.
A gold bar worth € 52,000
The police cross-check files in progress and launch genetic investigations from the profile of this man who has… 14 entries in his criminal record. Investigators list the thefts of which he could be the author. He recognizes 42, committed from February 2020 to March 2021 in the agglomeration. He is notably accused of having stolen a gold ingot worth € 52,000 at the time of the incident. A computer student, from whom the suspect allegedly stole a laptop computer containing software created to validate his school year, will have to repeat.
“I didn’t do all that”
At the Rouen Criminal Court, on April 30, the defendant reconsidered his statements: “I was not in my normal state. I said I did all these thefts to prove that I was telling the truth and that I didn’t steal the ingot, but I didn’t do all of that. “. He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia for several years and suffers from hallucinations.
The deputy prosecutor questions the basis of his responsibility and requests the release of 26 facts; for the others, it requires four years of detention including eighteen months suspended probation. The court pronounces the required releases and three years of which eighteen months suspended for the remainder.
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