Toulouse: held up on Christmas Eve 2018, the employee has not forgotten anything
In December 2018, a man presented himself with Kalashnikov in his hand in a McDonald’s in Toulouse. Arrested thanks to the courage of the vigil, this young accused explains himself before the Assize Court of Haute-Garonne.
“The truth is, she doesn’t get it! », Insists Vincent Risse, 26, before the Assize Court of Haute-Garonne. “You understand that the victims were frightened, shocked”, continues President Noël Picco. ” Yes… “
The jurors, three women and three men, discover the accused, who on the questions of his lawyer Me Jean Balbo, recognizes “all thefts”. They observe this big boy who will seem a little detached from the crimes with which he is accused, a robbery followed by two attempted thefts. This Sunday, December 23, 2018, under a hood, with gloves, he landed a Kalashnikov in his hand in the McDonald’s restaurant in the Arènes district, in Toulouse. It was not yet 9 p.m.
“I was working with three teammates that night. I was going to tell him that he should not go behind the counter when I saw his hood and his weapon, ”says the team leader about the accused. She has not forgotten any of those minutes, threats, crises… “Even today it remains difficult. A delivery man in a helmet, or under a hood, I’m afraid, I have a cold sweat. I got back to work right away. To occupy my mind, forget but hey … A week later a teammate made me a joke. He grabbed me from behind. I was uneasy. “
A robbery “to have a little money for the Christmas tree”, indicates the accused, does not disappear when one is on the other side of the weapon. Even dummy. “It was made of iron and wood. Impossible to differentiate from a real one, warns the investigation of the security in charge of the findings that evening. “I wanted to decorate my room”, affirms the accused who then lived “on the right and on the left”. General Counsel Céline Fleury strongly doubts it.
The verdict is expected Wednesday.