Already wearing an electronic bracelet in execution of a prison sentence, the escapee has 24 convictions on his criminal record.
A 22-year-old man, considered “dangerous“, escaped Saturday afternoon from the prison of La Talaudière (Loire), a week after his arrest at the end of a series of violent attacks committed with a 15-year-old girl, we learned this Sunday with the parquet floor of Saint-Etienne.
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“He took advantage of a blind spot in the exercise yard to escape the old-fashioned way, by climbing with the help of a sheet the fence surrounding the exercise yard and then the perimeter wall of the detention center in less than three minutes“, According to video surveillance, a prison union source told AFP. “This dangerous man, who opened fire several times during extortion, is actively wanted“, added David Charmatz, public prosecutor in Saint-Etienne.
Indicted on Monday evening like his 15-year-old companion by an examining magistrate for “attempted extortion with a weapon and robbery with a weapon“, he had been placed in pre-trial detention at the La Talaudière detention center, near Saint-Etienne. The teenager had for her part been released under judicial supervision in a home of the Judicial Protection of Youth.
“Bonnie & Clyde»
The arrest by the gendarmerie on January 29 in La Fouillouse (Loire), of this couple nicknamed “Bonnie & Clydeby the investigators, came after they chased a seller of contraband cigarettes by car on a highway in the Saint-Etienne region. They then hit their victim’s vehicle while opening fire on it to seize the cargo.
The previous weekend, they had tried to seize a German sedan in Feurs (Loire) under threat by shooting several times in the direction of its owner, without reaching him. “In both cases they had come into contact with the victims by internet, seeking to trap them during their meeting.“, according to prosecutor Charmatz. Already wearing an electronic bracelet in execution of a prison sentence, the escapee has 24 convictions on his criminal record.