2023-10-14 16:59:00
“We said to ourselves that if we did stupid things, we would take responsibility for them together”said one. “Well, I won’t take responsibility for yours”, retorts the second. Nicolas and Martin (borrowed first names), come from the Wellin region. They had to respond this Friday to 7 break-ins (a tractor, 22 coils of mesh, a lawn tractor, 4 motorcycles, a karcher, an ATV, a brush cutter, door cylinders, a French bulldog puppy, etc.) committed in Gedinne , Daverdisse, Wellin, Bièvre between 2019 and 2021. But also simple thefts (parasols in Tellin, fence panels, 1000 liter cubicles in Gedinne, a grooming machine, etc.), at the same time. Questioned about the thefts, the two defendants contradict each other and pass the buck. One claims he was absent during the theft, the other contradicts him. He claims not to know that the equipment was stolen, the other tries to prove the opposite. “I recognize the facts, but he was with me that day.”
“We spent all our time together”explains Martin. “We were friends. But today we are no longer friends. He says he doesn’t want to have the problems alone, but I’m not going to say what I didn’t do. I think he’s mad at me and he’s charging me.” The second explains: “We saw each other every day, he wanted to please me, we did each other favors. I’d say I liked something, I’d have it the next day. He couldn’t refuse me anything. One of the conditions of probation was that we no longer see each other, so we moved away. Then I found a real job, I don’t do stupid things anymore. Furthermore, we are credited with many thefts that have taken place in the region. It doesn’t have to be us.”
The Namur public prosecutor’s office, given the age of the facts, requires an independent work sentence of 250 hours. Sentences pleaded by counsel for the defendants.
Judgment on November 7.
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