For numerous acts of theft, Biterroise goes to prison for two years

Les deux jeunes femmes ont été interpellées par les policiers de la Bac de Béziers. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

Deux jeunes femmes ont été interpellées par les policiers de la Bac de Béziers alors qu’elles venaient de voler de l’argent à une personne âgée. La majeure est partie en prison. La plus jeune sera jugée en juillet.

Monday, May 20, police officers from the anti-crime brigade of the Béziers police station arrested a 19-year-old young woman and her 15-year-old cousin in flagrante delicto when they had just stolen a wallet from a beauty salon in downtown Béziers. Immediately after the theft, they fraudulently used their victim's bank card.

Many facts brought to light

Their immediate placement in police custody allowed the police to resolve other acts committed by the two young women. They thus produced a list which began the same day in Béziers. The two women stole a bank card then fraudulently withdrew the sum of 600 euros. to the detriment of a 96-year-old lady. They then pretended to want to help him carry his shopping. In 2023, both had stolen a wallet from a business in downtown Béziers and in July, in Valras Plage, they had taken a phone by breaking in and damaging it. home of a 66-year-old disabled woman. To make their case a little heavier, they were driving without a driving license and were arrested in February 2023 without being able to produce the document attesting to their ability to drive a vehicle.

Tried in immediate appearance

The Béziers public prosecutor's office ordered the presentation of the two young women this Wednesday, May 22. The adult was tried the same day in immediate appearance before the criminal court. She was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment with a committal warrant at the hearing. He was also banned from staying in Hérault for 5 years. She had already been convicted twice in 2023 for theft. She went straight to prison.

At the same time, her minor cousin was presented before a children's judge. She was placed under judicial supervision pending her judgment set for August.