They skimmed the castles, the churches and the beautiful old houses.
For several months, they raged in Brittany but also in other buildings in the West: Vendée, Calvados or even Indre-et-Loire.
Monday, four people accused of multiple burglaries in remarkable buildings were sentenced by the criminal court of Lorient (Morbihan).
According to
Le Télégramme
, which reports the story, one of the four accused dreams of being a second-hand dealer.
But rather than buy and hunt, the man prefers to steal.
He is passionate about abandoned monuments where he can easily steal objects, often uninteresting but sometimes of great value such as paintings or statuettes.
According to the daily, the thieves notably stole a wooden lectern (a desk) measuring more than two meters and weighing 100 kg.
According to investigators, more than twenty burglaries were recorded in 2016 in France.
The objects were then resold to second-hand dealers and antique dealers.
The “thinking head” of this network was sentenced to four years in prison, including one year suspended.
The 45-year-old man has already been sentenced to prison in the past.
His ex-wife and two accomplices also received lighter sentences.
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