NOTew twist in the affair of the squatted house in Olainville, in Essonne. According to information from RTL, Tuesday June 14, the couple of owners, who initially defined themselves as “victims” before acknowledging that they were aware that the property was squatted during the purchase, would be unfavorably known to the police, with a very extensive criminal record.
As our colleagues reveal, Élodie and Laurent have been indicted since October 22, 2021 for “drug trafficking, illicit possession of category B and C weapons and participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing an offense and would also be placed under judicial supervision.
The government took over the case
After having signed on May 19 the purchase from the notary of their new house, a pavilion of 70 square meters backed by a plot of 1,800 square meters, for 140,000 euros, they had deplored in front of the cameras of the Parisian that their property was squatted by a couple and their two children. Faced with the media enthusiasm generated by their story, the Minister of the Interior in person, Gérald Darmanin, took up the case on Thursday, June 9, and ordered the eviction of the occupants within 48 hours.
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“With Amélie de Montchalin (Minister of Ecological Transition and legislative candidate in Essonne) we immediately ask the prefect of Essonne to initiate the procedure of article 38 of the DALO law for a rapid evacuation of illegal occupants”, had indicated the member of the government on his Twitter account. During the day, the family had thus been given formal notice by the gendarmes to leave the premises, which they had done the same evening, without being able to avoid the aggression of several hooded individuals.
Following our instruction with @AdeMontchalina formal notice was issued on Thursday by the @Prefect91 in order to evict the family of squatters. This unacceptable situation will end and the real owners will be able to find their house. https://t.co/wUVOZhdf41
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 9, 2022
A relative of the couple in the sights of the authorities would have provided new elements to BFMTV, putting a little more damage to their first version of the facts, in which they regretted a “very bad surprise”, when they moved in. “Laurent admitted it to us, when he bought it, he knew very well that this house was squatted by a family (…) He was counting on the law to succeed in having the family already installed evicted”, he said. he confided to our colleagues.