After having appealed his last judgment, the defendant was finally given the same sentence on Thursday, February 20, at the Saint-Martin court.
"At the time of the events, AG was under judicial supervision and that did not prevent him from acting.
"This is a seasoned thief who shows the will to commit the act," said the Basse-Terre public prosecutor at the end of the hearing. It is February 13, 2023, and AG, the defendant, decides to break into his neighbor's house in Quartier d'Orléans.
He steals a speaker and some jewelry which he quickly sells on the Dutch part of the island.
"After admitting the facts, you said you got €160 from it, with which you bought food and cannabis," said the president of the court.
"Bad ideas come into my head when I don't have a job. But that's over now, I don't steal anymore," AG retorts, in a video conference.
Father of four children, the defendant adds that he has set himself new goals: "I was in great difficulty for three years, I was even interned in a psychiatric hospital.
Today I'm 29 and I want to get out of this. I want a house, a job and a driving license."
Absent from the court, the victim did not join the civil action but the defendant will have to remain in detention and serve a 6-month prison sentence. _LM
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