Monday morning, 9:45 am: a man unloads his car. He leaves for a few seconds, just long enough to have his briefcase and digital tablet stolen in the vehicle. A neighbor saw the thief. He immediately alerted the victim. The police have also been alerted.
The neighbor recognizes the alleged perpetrator of the theft in a van. The man was arrested by the authorities at the end of the morning. In his deposition, the witness describes a European-type man, between 40 and 50 years old, with a pepper and salt beard, jeans, black jacket, covid mask on his nose, about 1m75. “I’m 1m87”, specifies the person concerned, presented on Tuesday before the criminal court of Thionville. He also assures him that he does not have a black jacket. Otherwise, the rather common description seems to fit. “I have nothing to do with this case,” he says.
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Taken in custody
Except that the stolen tablet was in rue Saint-Hubert in Thionville where he lives and that his locker has seventeen mentions, most of them for theft. Although the search of his apartment leads nowhere, the electronic bracelet he wears on his ankle from his last conviction indicates that he had left his home at the time of the theft. “I went out to buy cigarettes,” she replies.
His lawyer is asking for his release with the benefit of the doubt. Point out the weaknesses of the dossier. But the court considers the evidence to be sufficient and pronounces six months’ imprisonment against the 47-year-old defendant. As soon as the sentence was passed, he was arrested.
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