Prison closed in Meaux for thefts and assaults on the elderly

An 18-year-old man appeared this Friday before the criminal court of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne).

He was to respond to nine violent meeting robberies and five attempts targeting seniors in Seine-et-Marne and neighboring departments in April.

The defendant living in a Roma camp in Seine-Saint-Denis was acting with an accomplice who has not been identified, reports

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Already under judicial control, he admitted the facts and apologized

Two victims testified at the hearing.

They had been assaulted while withdrawing money from an ATM.

In court, the defendant acknowledged the facts and apologized, adding that he was going to reimburse.

Already known to justice, he was under judicial supervision in the context of another case of theft.

His lawyer tried in vain to highlight his client's vulnerability.

The young man was sentenced to three years in prison with a warrant of committal as well as the revocation of a previous sentence of three months.

It will not be able to appear in Île-de-France for three years.

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