Its presence in the Côte des Roses district on the night of July 9 to 10, 2021 is not exceptional. For a long time, he lived there and kept some friends there. Nothing exceptional either in the fact of wanting to return to the family home in Kœnisgmacker, on foot (or 12 km, Editor’s note) …
In any case, this is what the young man of 26 years who has never passed his driving license affirms. However, that night, the “walker” is arrested at the wheel of a stolen car even while trying to get out of the driveway of the garage in which it was parked.
“I was tired, I was looking for a way to get home,” the respondent is justified.
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“Perfect burglar kit”
Back to the facts. It was around three in the morning on July 10 when the alarm from a Thionville flag went off. The occupant, who is in her upstairs room, immediately informs the police. She explains that an individual entered her home through a small window located on the ground floor, that he took the keys of his vehicle, those of his home as well as the automatic door opening unit. in a closet before heading to the garage.
Judged in immediate appearance, Monday, July 12, for burglary, the defendant denies having entered the pavilion. “The keys were on it and the car parked in the driveway,” continues the suspected thief without disassembling. “You were arrested in possession of a tear gas canister, a lamp and you were wearing a dark hat and gloves in the middle of July. It looks like the kit of the perfect burglar ”, launches the president of the court, François-Xavier Koehl.
“I wanted to sleep, I saw the car with the keys on it so I wanted to borrow it to get home faster,” the defendant snaps. Already sentenced eight times, he receives an eight-month prison sentence, four of which are suspended for two years. He will also have to perform 140 hours of community service.
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