They wanted to "
do a good deed
" and "
reunite a mother and a daughter
".
This is what three of the five men indicted for kidnapping 8-year-old Mia Montemaggi claim.
Four of the kidnappers were remanded in custody, and only one of them, “
Jeannot
”, was able to come out free.
To discover
Her tenant owes her more than 31,000 euros, she lives in a motorhome
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After six days on the run with her mother, the girl was reunited with her maternal grandmother on Monday April 19, and her mother, Lola Montemaggi, was extradited to France by Switzerland on Friday April 23, Swiss authorities said. .
"Manipulated" and "gouroutized by Rémy Daillet"
“
He is a good person, who is not linked to the conspiracy movement. But he is someone who can be influenced,
”explains
Me Laure Habeneck
to
Figaro
, the lawyer for one of the suspects, Clément, alias“
Le Corbeau
”. Only 23 years old and resident in Seine-et-Marne, Clément has benefited since 2013 from an allowance for disabled adults. “
His personality is that of someone who tends to believe what we say. He is a pure soul, he believed wholeheartedly that he was going to save a little girl who was described to him as being in danger
", continues his lawyer, stressing that, because of his handicap, Clément" does not
.
does not have the necessary hindsight "and sincerely thought" to
do a good deed
". "
When he realized what he did, it was terrible for him, a real ordeal.
That is why we are convinced that his place is not in detention.
He is someone who does not hide.
Of course, he must be available to justice, but outside the prison, in a place adapted to his disability,
”adds Me Habeneck.
Same story with "
Bruno
", 60 years old, domiciled in Doubs.
“
My client was touched by Lola and Mia Montemaggi's situation.
He wanted to reunite a mother and her daughter,
”assures his lawyer, Me Sahra Amm.
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Among Mia's kidnappers, only Jean-Luc, alias “
Jeannot
”, aged 60, was released and placed under judicial supervision. “
He wasn't involved in the organization at all, he just drove a vehicle when asked. He only noted that the girl was very happy to find her mother,
”reports his lawyer, Me Frédéric Berna, who points out that Jean-Luc has“
serious psychiatric problems
”and that he benefits from a disability allowance. Suffering according to his lawyer from Diogenes syndrome, "
Jeannot
", administrative and financial director of a chocolate factory, "
suffered
a burn-out in 2000, and then completely lost his footing.
". He meets the other members of the group during a rally organized by Florian Philippot, president of the far-right party “Les Patriotes”, where he demonstrated against the “
health dictatorship
” and the wearing of masks. “
My client thought that the mother had been illegitimately deprived of her daughter, he thought he was restoring a normal and just situation. He was manipulated and abused, because of his extremely fragile character and inclined to be subjugated
", continues Me Berna, adding that most of the members of the group were"
greedy by Rémy Daillet
", although he concedes that"
Jeannot
Is "
clearly anti-system
".
Only a few weeks after their meeting, the five friends leave for the Vosges in a Volkswagen and a Citroën. Only two days after having participated in the kidnapping of the girl, "
Jeannot
", like "
the Raven
", "
Pitchoun
", "
Booga
" and "
Bruno
", will be arrested in the middle of the night by the GIGN, then transferred to the premises. of the research section in Nancy for four days, before being indicted. "
Jeannot
" will be the only one to be released.