Nicknamed the “king of beauty”, the robber Antonio Ferrarawho twice escaped from prison, was released from detention on Friday morning after completing his sentence, AFP learned from his lawyer, confirming information from the JDD and D’Europe 1. At 48, Antonio Ferrara has been convicted and acquitted several times for robberies. He is released from prison nineteen years later. his spectacular escape de Fresnes during a commando operation in the spring of 2003. His run had lasted four months.
He left “around 10 a.m.” from Réau prison, in Seine-et-Marne, his lawyer Amar Bouaou told AFP. “It is a relief for him and all of his relatives after a very, very long period of detention,” he reacted. “He was able to leave a little before the end of his sentence thanks to a confusion of sentences” and a “change of course” during his detention, where he showed “exemplary behavior”, a added the lawyer.
Two spectacular escapes
“He now aspires to live a normal life with his partner and his two children” in France, concluded Amar Bouaou, adding that Antonio Ferrara was preparing to join his wife. Born on October 12, 1973 in southern Italy, living with his family in Choisy-le-Roi, in the Val-de-Marne, Antonio Ferrara was convicted of robberies, attempted murder and his two escapes. He was however acquitted in three robbery cases: armored vans in 2009 and a post office in 2012.
The robber had escaped for the first time from the prison of Fleury-Mérogis, in Essonne, in 1998 during a transfer to the hospital, then experiencing a long run until 2002. His second escape occurred on March 12, 2003, at Fresnes prison, with the help of accomplices disguised as police officers who attacked the establishment with rocket launchers.