On New Year’s Eve, the 30-year-old was obviously not in a good mood. In the night between December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021, he broke into private homes in Thionville. The couple was sleeping when he stole their keys to the C3, a computer and a phone. The intruder then moved away and lived in the car for a few days.
He went to Sierck-les-Bains, Cattenom, Audun-le-Tiche and even to the Luxembourg border. In three days he attempted several times to steal objects left in parked cars, breaking part of the front window. Eventually, he got his hands on two or three wallets. He will only have been able to afford a meal at a snack bar. On 4 January 2021, the Citroën C3 was found burnt out in Fameck.
The court gives him a chance
The young man was presented on Tuesday before the criminal court of Thionville. Tall, thin, all in black, he didn’t hide. He had been identified trying to use a stolen credit card at a vending machine in Luxembourg. Like in police custody, he confessed everything. Except the fire of vehicle C3. Even his lawyer, Me Staudt, recalled that the investigation does not prove it. The defendant was released.
Instead, he was convicted of the fourteen thefts and attempted thefts committed in recurrence in the north of the Moselle. His record already had a dozen mentions for the same type of facts. He had just been released from detention last August. But this time the court gives him a chance.
The defendant has found a place in a house in Metz and works as a temporary worker. He received a one-year probation sentence. He will be required to work and treat his alcohol problems for at least two years. He will also have to compensate the only three civilian victims in this case. Finally, the court prohibited him from owning a weapon for five years.
