By Normandy editorial staff
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On Wednesday August 11, 2021, an accused was prosecuted in the court of Rouen (Seine-Maritime), accused of committing break-in theft in homes during 2019 and 2020. He was caught by his DNA.
The case began on December 5, 2019, when a manager came to the police station to file a complaint after the burglary of her dental practice located in Bihorel. The victim explains having been warned by his cleaning lady, and having noticed signs of break-ins. She indicates that dental and computer equipment was stolen from her. Ten days later, it is an owner who files a complaint in Rouen, after seeing two thieves in her house. She also indicates that she was also the victim of a break-in and had been robbed of “a dozen Louis d’or, 400 euros in cash and jewelry”.
A question … original
On the spot, the investigators noted the presence of a telephone not belonging to the victim, “which starts to vibrate in front of the police officers”: the interlocutor wishes to recover the telephone. Without knowing it, he sets an appointment for the police at Rouen station. The individual is challenged. Telephone investigations on the device made it possible to make the connection between the two flights, but the man placed in police custody was finally exonerated, the police realizing that it was only a “friend” of the perpetrator of thefts.
During January 2020, two other victims file a complaint for acts of burglary where DNA is found in various places, “in particular a screwdriver and a crutch having been used to force the doors of the victims’ home”, specifies the president. The loot of the last theft is substantial, the thieves stole the sum of € 15,000 in cash.
A few weeks later, the genetic profile at the National DNA File (FNAEG) matches an individual known for identical facts. The police discovered that the latter was imprisoned at the Maison d’Arrêt in Rouen, to serve an eight-month prison sentence for similar facts.
Extracted from prison and taken into custody, the thirty-something says he does not remember having committed these burglaries: “I was taking pills at the time, it makes me lose my memory. “As the hearings progressed, he ended up acknowledging his participation:” In Rouen, there were two of us, we broke the door, on leaving I forgot my phone. Regarding the other burglaries, the man disputes them and fails to explain the presence of his DNA at the scene.
Already sentenced four times
Presented for immediate appearance, the accused ends up acknowledging all the facts for which he is accused. Asked about the multiplicity of thefts, he ensures that he does not make a living from these criminal acts: “Throughout my journey in Europe, I have never committed theft. The president points out to him that since his arrival in 2019 on the national territory after having passed through Spain, he has been convicted four times for acts of theft.
Two of the victims are present at the hearing. One of them is still very moved by this burglary: “I do not wish anyone to experience such a thing. »She becomes a civil party and requests reimbursement of the 15,000 € stolen. The second victim asks him for the sum of more than 18,000 euros in damages.
“He drastically changed his behavior”
For the public prosecutor, the guilt of the accused is beyond doubt because of the presence of his DNA “on the scene of the facts and on the objects used for their commissions”. For his part, he believes that the thirty-something has made theft “a means of subsistence”. To support his point, the representative of the company lists the convictions for thefts since 2019 and indicates that he will not show any leniency towards the defendant. It requires a six-month prison sentence with a warrant of committal.
The accused’s counsel does not dispute the materiality of the thefts, but disputes the penalty required by the public prosecutor. She indicates that her client has been imprisoned for a few weeks and that he is making reintegration efforts: “He works in detention, he has drastically changed his behavior. “She would like to recall that her client’s version is” plausible “:” For a few months, we have observed in particular in minors networks of people urged by others to take a powerful neuroleptic, so that they commit acts. criminal and that they have no memory of it afterwards ”.
The court declares the defendant guilty of the acts with which he is accused, sentences him to six months’ imprisonment and issues a committal warrant against him. *
* This sentence is subject to appeal. Everyone is presumed innocent until all remedies have been exhausted.
From our correspondent Frédéric Bernard
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