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Bourges: prison sentences for those escaped from the remand center

2021-03-30T08:49:36.991Z


Two inmates, who escaped in March 2020 from Bourges prison, were sentenced on Monday March 29 to two years in prison by the city's criminal court. A third detainee, who had tried to escape without success, was sentenced to 18 months firm. Read also: In detention, the ultraviolence of foreign minors destabilizes prison life On Sunday March 1, 2020, three inmates on a walk had managed to climb the


Two inmates, who escaped in March 2020 from Bourges prison, were sentenced on Monday March 29 to two years in prison by the city's criminal court.

A third detainee, who had tried to escape without success, was sentenced to 18 months firm.

Read also: In detention, the ultraviolence of foreign minors destabilizes prison life

On Sunday March 1, 2020, three inmates on a walk had managed to climb the fence of the courtyard and climb on the roofs of a building in the establishment, before reaching the perimeter wall and escaping with a rope. .

"

We are closer to the Dalton in Lucky Luke than to the Count of Monte Cristo,

" quipped Vincent Videlaine, deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Bourges during the hearing.

The escape was carried out with "

a disconcerting ease

", pointed out David Metaxas, lawyer of Karim S. "

A boulevard was offered to them.

An escape can be improvised quite quickly when you see the configuration of the site, the temptation can be great,

”he explained.

The three detainees, in their thirties with a heavy criminal record, continue to serve prison sentences for aggravated theft and criminal conspiracy.

I took six years for burglary, that's too much.

On appeal I was laughed at.

In a way, that (the escape) freed me, I could have gone on a hunger strike but I didn't have the courage,

”one of the defendants, Karim A., explained at the bar. to explain the reasons for his escape.

He finally surrendered on his own by presenting himself at the Bourges police station 18 days after his "

beautiful

".

Karim S. was arrested in the Paris region in June "

in possession of false papers and driving a car loaded with luxury items

", explained the substitute.

The defense insisted on the character "

without weapons or violence

" of the escape.

Following this escape, the Keeper of the Seals Nicole Belloubet had decided "

to seize the general inspectorate of justice of these facts to shed light on possible dysfunctions

".

Source: lefigaro

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