A Parisian thief was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday January 18 for multiple thefts by trickery on terraces or in company premises,
the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to
Le Figaro .
The 43-year-old man of Algerian nationality was arrested on November 16 by the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC), according to Actu17 which details the case.
He was wanted but continued to steal, until his arrest in the metro.
He had been arrested several times and had already been sentenced.
The man who pretended to be an Israeli and would be considered by police sources to be the "
most active thief in Paris
" could not thwart the investigators, who confused him and opened legal proceedings involving several alleged facts, a dozen according to the news site.
In particular, he allegedly stole 70,000 euros worth of jewelry from a tourist last September.
A search revealed stolen items in his accommodation in the 9th arrondissement, including a saxophone worth 7,000 euros, and more than 8,000 euros in cash.
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“
He is a thief who knows the tricks of the legal system well and who does not hesitate to do everything to end up in the hospital and avoid being questioned for too long by the police
,” said a source. the police headquarters about him.
A NATO computer
Nabil B. is therefore accused of being a real professional thief... With however sometimes more embarrassing than rewarding catches.
The man is notably suspected of having stolen a handbag which happened to belong to … the police chief of Bouches-du-Rhône Frédérique Camilleri, during a meal in a restaurant in the 7th arrondissement.
Similarly, on July 15, he would have entered the Cercle National des Armées, a place of military reception, then in a conference room, stealing a computer there.
A twist of fate: it was a machine belonging to a German officer assigned to NATO.
The Parisian
explained last July that the flight had caused a diplomatic stir, the French accused of not having secured the meeting.
For these alleged facts, Nabil B. must go to trial next March.