In La Mosson, the car of a vulnerable octogenarian passed from hand to hand: two minors arrested at the wheel eight days apart

Le mineur de 17 ans a été contrôlé par la police mardi 16 avril, avenue de l’Europe, à la Mosson. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

A 17-year-old minor was arrested by the police while driving this vehicle on Tuesday April 16. On April 8, a 14-year-old teenager was stopped, driving the same car, which was subsequently returned to its owner.

The car of a vulnerable octogenarian who passes from hand to hand, against his will: this is the situation discovered by the police when stopping a young driver in the district of la Mosson, in Montpellier, Tuesday April 16.

It is 4 p.m. when a crew is overtaken by a vehicle in which no passenger is wearing a seat belt. Ordered to stop, avenue de l’Europe, the motorist complied. He is 17 years old and claims to have bought this car from an elderly person. Placed in police custody, he admits that it was in fact lent to him. The vehicle is impounded.

No theft report

Research establishes that the owner is a resident of the neighborhood, aged 82 and in a fragile situation. If he has one of the keys to the vehicle, he doesn't know where the second went. In any case, the car is not the subject of any report of theft.

The investigators then make the link with another case. Not long ago, on April 8, a 14-year-old teenager was arrested driving the same car, which had been returned to its owner. The young man had been the subject of a summons by a judicial police officer.

Probative criminal warning

This time, the minor caught driving without a driving license will be referred as part of a probationary criminal warning carried out by a magistrate. This procedure recently replaced the reminder of the law.