Three men aged 65, 66 and 78 were sentenced on Thursday to suspended sentences of 18 months, two years and three years in prison by the Chambéry judicial court (Savoie) for violence, theft and attempted extortion, reports
The Dauphine Libere
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On March 10, this band attacked a contractor from La Ravoire whom the chief accused of poor workmanship on the renovation site of his second home in Ardèche.
An armed robbery
The victim had then been held up with his wife using a .22 long rifle and had received a butt blow to the skull.
The criminals then asked him for 80,000 euros.
Other threats would have followed until March 22, before the man filed a complaint.
At the hearing, the Band Chief insisted on the initial problems of the site.
His two accomplices meanwhile evoked a gesture of friendship.
In addition to this conviction, the band will also have to compensate the entrepreneur and his wife, with whom they are now prohibited from coming into contact.
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