He was tired of
"watching the ransacking of his house"
without doing anything.
While, despite his multiple calls to the police, he was unable to dislodge the couple who, according to him, had been squatting in his Bobigny pavilion (Seine-Saint-Denis) since November 1, Youssef * tried to do himself justice. same.
More exactly, with the help of people alerted on social networks.
This Monday, indicates the parquet floor of Bobigny, there are 23 individuals who are in police custody for
"degradations"
,
"violence in meetings"
and
"home invasion"
.
Two men, a woman and a pitbull
Youssef, unemployed at the RSA, lived until last fall with his mother, a septuagenarian under guardianship, in a pavilion in Bobigny.
“October 13, 2021, when I returned from the supermarket, I noticed that the gate had been broken
,” the 30-year-old told Le Figaro last week.
We have two young men, a woman and a pit bull. They threw my clothes in the basement: “I've already paid someone 3,500 euros to be able to settle here,” one of them told me. "If you don't pay me back, I'm not leaving your home!"
“Called immediately, the police had brought the individuals out… who would return a few minutes later. They will eventually leave the scene after yet another intervention by the police. The next day,Youssef and his mother had filed a complaint.
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On November 1, however, the squatters were back.
And this time, they are encrusted.
They seem to have succeeded in establishing an EDF contract in their name.
“One of them told the police that I had defrauded him of 3,500 euros
, the young man had further explained.
They threatened me with death, broke my windshield, broke the doors, caused a lot of damage in the house, and I was the one who was interrogated!”
"Everything was upside down"
After seeing a report on CNews taking up the article from
Le Figaro
, several inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis then feel
“challenged”
by the story.
“A friend told me that we should do something to help Youssef
, reports Elias, a young nurse.
Morally, it's disgusting what happens to this fragile lady: that's what convinced me. After a call on social networks, we therefore met at a meeting point, a few hundred meters from the house, on Saturday around 8 p.m. There were 26 of us, mostly students. Youssef was waiting for us in front of the broken gate, with his sister and his mother: since she's the owner, she had to be there, even sick!
» . From
"instructions"
are given:
"No violence towards the occupants, but do not let yourself be intimidated, and be careful because there could be a child."
The door being
“already broken”
,
“there was only to push to enter”
. The pit bull barks, but
“is actually harmless”
. The young people find themselves facing a couple with a child of about three years old, and two men.
“My role was to form a wall between the family and the squatters to avoid blows
,” continues Elias.
Youssef burst into tears on returning: everything was disgustingly filthy. In the cellar, it was horrible, everything was upside down. I accompanied the lady and her baby to a car waiting for them outside
. It was then that a policeman,
"grabbing him by the hood"
, allegedly told him to
"leave"
.
“
The question that arises is self-defense”
Alerted by
"a witness from the scene"
, Me Ismaël Meziti agreed to be the lawyer for Youssef and his family, but has not yet been able to reach his potential clients.
“I find it rather curious that the police intervene when the situation was about to be resolved
,” he comments.
This group wanted to dislodge these squatters peacefully, knowing that they are violent people who had made threats.
The question that arises is self-defence
.
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At the Bobigny prosecutor's office, we reply that
"the violence can be psychological: the simple fact of arriving at 23 while threatening to expel people in the middle of the night, in the middle of winter"
.
Moreover, are the displaced persons squatters or tenants?
“
It is being verified,
we continue to the prosecution.
Anyway, you don't solve your problems yourself by calling people who have nothing to do with the story!
There are legal ways to get an eviction
. ”
*Name changed
